"The True Story Of Pearl Harbor - As Japanese Tell It", U.S. News & World Report, December 11, 1961

These two interviews provide insights into the Japanese perspective on the Pearl Harbor attack. According to interviews with experts, Japan's primary objective was to neutralize the U.S. Pacific Fleet to secure Southeast Asia. The attack, while a tactical success, was deemed a strategic failure, inadvertently galvanizing the United States into a unified war effort and revolutionizing naval warfare through the prominence of aircraft carriers.