Posted on 12/06/2016 5:17:57 PM PST by nickcarraway
Nobody knows who placed the ad, but it appeared to have been a warning
With 75 years having passed since the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor—the surprise air raid by Japan that precipitated the U.S. entry into World War II—most of the aspects of that day have been thoroughly explored: the military strategy, the political maneuvering, the personal tragedies, the moments of heroism. And yet mysteries do remain.
And one of them, in particular, is downright spooky. Here’s how Craig Nelson describes it in his new book Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness:
On November 22 [of 1941], a strange advertisement appeared in the New Yorker magazine. It pictured a group of people sheltered from an air raid, playing dice. Under the headline “Achtung, Warning, Alerte!” the copy read, “We hope you’ll never have to spend a long winter’s night in an air-raid shelter, but we were just thinking . . . it’s only common sense to be prepared. If you’re not too busy between now and Christmas, why not sit down and plan a list of the things you’ll want to have on hand. . . . And though it’s no time, really, to be thinking of what’s fashionable, we bet that most of your friends will remember to include those intriguing dice and chips which make Chicago’s favorite game: THE DEADLY DOUBLE.” Scattered throughout the issue were six smaller tag ads referring back to the main copy, with the dice numbered 12 and 7, numbers on no known dice. Later during the war, navy transport pilot Joseph Bell was flying a South Pacific route when one of his passengers, an intelligence officer, told him that many in intelligence considered this ad a secret warning. He had been assigned to investigate the matter, but every lead
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Sometimes an ad is just an ad.
This is old news and I believe debunked many years ago.
Economic historians have, after the fact of course, found massive Japanese currency outflows from California banks leading up to PH. Didn’t trigger any alarms at the time.
The U.S. did have an embargo on Japan. The general hostility between the two nations could explain that.
I never heard this one before, I’m amazed.
My comments pasted from another thread:
INTERNMENT - Oh, those nasty honkies...!
But there are bits of WW2 history that are profoundly unfashionable:
After the attack, naturally large parts of the untranslated JN-25/Purple Code intercepts became MUUUUCH more interesting, especially that stuff right before the physical attack:
The last instructions to the DC Embassy and some Consulates centered on sabotage attacks on US defense companies.
It is reasonable to assume the personnel involved would come from sympathizers in the Japanese-American community.
For THAT reason the internment made for a logical choice at the time.
They COULD NOT disclose that because naturally the enemy would modify their codes and methods of communication.
Wild-card:
Germans and Italians were interned also, indeed Fort Meade was originally an internment center.
Joe DiMaggio’s dad was an SF fisherman and his boat was confiscated (presumably to prevent rendezvous with U-boats).
It wasn’t just “WE HATE THE SLANT-EYES” as the multiculti’s would prefer that you continue to believe.
yes, but this was sudden. Should have alerted someone.
What, was the 12 an early Dungeons and Dragons D12 or D20?
I don’t see how the story could be debunked.
I can see how nothing conclusive could be found.
Explained here:
http://unexplainedmysteries.org/post/49775068637/creepy-coincidence-of-the-deadly-double-pearl
I have a book at home about unexplained mysteries of WWII. This story is among the tales.
Time travelers messing around.
Those rules are written by a non-native English speaker.
Since the Japanese have always considered the date of the Pearly Harbor attack to be December 8, 1941, as it was on their side of the International Date Line, there is no basis for this rumor.
I bought a book, which I no longer have, on the prelude to Pearl Harbor. But first, some history that is available to all.
The US had a naval problem: possible to likely conflict in the Atlantic and the Pacific. Where to put fleet assets?
Russia faced a similar question in the early 1900s. Their naval assets could be apportioned between the west (Baltic Sea? Black Sea?) and the East. With a conflict likely with Japan, they relocated assets to Port Arthur on the East. The Japanese launched a surprise attack on Port Arthur in 1904, starting the Russo-Japanese war, which the Japanese won.
Apparently some American officer wrote a 7 point essay on how to provoke a Japanese attack on America. FDR was doing his best to entice either the Japanese or the Germans to attack, believing, as he often stated that America would only go to war only in response to an attack. It has been claimed that all 7 bullets were implemented. This included relocating assets to Pearl Harbor.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a carbon copy of the attack on Port Arthur. Fool a military historian once, shame on you. Fool a military historian twice, shame on him. The military study tactics and history. There should have been nothing surprising in Japan’s attack at Pearl Harbor. It was their Modus Operandi (MO).
I remember seeing a documentary about time travelers being at Pearl Harbor.. The Final Countdown, I think....
Great movie!
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