When Japanese bombers appeared in the skies over Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941...
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Minor point—It was actually the morning of December 8th (in Japan) and still December 7th in the United States.
Surely they didn’t start all the way from Japan? I’m pretty sure it wasn’t. Maybe it was west of the International Date Line, or was it?
Would the Japanese telegraph back “December 8” regardless of their starting position (whether East or West of the International Date Line)?