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Pearl Harbor episode 3: Countdown to the raid

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The Journey From Japan to Hawaii

Yamamoto knew that the key to this plan was surprise. It takes about 12 days to sail from japan to hawaii, so they had to maintain the secret at sea. They did this by gradually a ship here, two ships there, leaving their home ports and going to one of the most remote corners of the empire. Many of them are now occupied by russia as a result of the war.

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