Few people may now remember the name Mitsuo Fuchida (1902-1976). But the radio code he sent 80 years ago, “Tora tora tora” (Surprise attack successful), remains broadly known. Fuchida was the ...

Mitsuo Fuchida, who commanded the air strike in the attack, wrote in his autobiography that “the Navy scrubbed the face of officer Sakamaki from a photo taken with the nine other crew members ...

Captain Mitsuo Fuchida was more excited than usual as he awoke that morning. As general commander of the air squadron, he made some last-minute checks on intelligence information, then went to warm up ...