The General Order 94 of 6 December 1922 akaronga United States Fleet, pamwe Hondo Fleet sezvo Pacific kuvapo. Kusvikira May 1940, Hondo Fleet yakanga yakamira kumadokero kwemhenderekedzo United States (kunyanya San Diego). Munguva yezhizha regore iroro, sezvo chikamu US mhinduro kuti Japanese kuwedzera, yakanga akarayira kutora "mberi" chinzvimbo pa Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Long-rokuti yakavakirwa pa Pearl Harbor akanga zvakasimba kushorwa nomukuru, Admiral James O. Richardson, kuti iye pachake akapikisa mu Washington. Political kufunga vakanga zvakakosha zvakakwana kuti akanga akasunungurwa Admiral Kimmel murume?
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