[Homer_J_Simpson]

That's an interesting little p10 article about the Japanese air raid warning. I couldn't help but wonder if they got some whiff that the American's might be cooking up a surprise.

I suspect the Japanese warning is just coincidence. They will become suspicious when they intercept communications between the Hornet and Enterprise task forces during the next few weeks but I don’t know of anything that could have tipped them this early.

[fso301]

I suspect the Japanese warning is just coincidence.

I agree but given our ability to know the future when reading your posts, I suspect "Doolittle" rather than "Routine" is what first flashed across the minds of many readers. It sure was the case for me. Then I had to remind myself that this was most likely routine and was not the first Japanese civil defense warning I recall reading of.