Timeline for On 1941 Dec 7, could Japan have targeted the Panama Canal instead of Pearl Harbor in a surprise attack?
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| Aug 18, 2017 at 0:27 | comment | added | Schwern | Though I don't have specifics on their search procedures, the canal zone was already on high alert for sabotage. Something as obvious as an exploding Japanese merchant ship would be unlikely to succeed, if they were allowed to use the Canal at all. It would also be suicide for the crew. While later Japan would employ suicide as part of their plans, they were not doing so in 1941. | |
| Aug 18, 2017 at 0:19 | comment | added | Schwern | @MarkC.Wallace If Imperial Japan demonstrated anything quite clearly, it's that they didn't care about legality. Naval tradition (not sure about international law) is full of false flag operations; so long as they hoist their true flag before opening hostilities. | |
| May 8, 2017 at 14:08 | comment | added | MCW♦ | Attack on Pearl was military ships on a military target. Attacks out of uniform are generally illegal. IANAL; my point was to highlight the difference between a researched answer and a simple opinion. | |
| May 8, 2017 at 13:59 | review | Late answers | |||
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| May 8, 2017 at 13:55 | comment | added | DevSolar | @MarkC.Wallace: Yes, it would benefit from sources, and yes it appears to be opinion. But... illegal? Like in, more "illegal" than the attack on Pearl Harbor? | |
| May 8, 2017 at 13:46 | comment | added | MCW♦ | This would benefit from sources. As stated it appears to be opinion. I suspect such an action would have been illegal. | |
| May 8, 2017 at 13:38 | review | First posts | |||
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| May 8, 2017 at 13:35 | history | answered | Klaus Baum | CC BY-SA 3.0 |