Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor

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The Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor was a U.S. government investigative body, chaired by Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts, that examined the circumstances and responsibility for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

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instanceOf United States government investigative commission ⓘ
presidential commission ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States Armed Forces ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
appointedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
archivesAt U.S. National Archives ⓘ
authorizedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
chairperson Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
concludedThat Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was a carefully planned surprise attack ⓘ
U.S. Army and Navy commanders in Hawaii were derelict in their duty ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticized Admiral Husband E. Kimmel ⓘ
General Walter C. Short ⓘ
dissolved 1942 ⓘ
January 1942 ⓘ
establishedBy executive order of the President of the United States ⓘ
followedBy Army Pearl Harbor Board ⓘ
Navy Court of Inquiry on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
hasMember Admiral William H. Standley ⓘ
Brigadier General Joseph T. McNarney ⓘ
General Frank R. McCoy ⓘ
Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
Rear Admiral Joseph M. Reeves ⓘ
hasObjective assess responsibility of military commanders in Hawaii ⓘ
determine facts surrounding the attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
evaluate adequacy of U.S. defenses at Pearl Harbor ⓘ
hasPart closed sessions ⓘ
final report ⓘ
public hearings ⓘ
inception 1941 ⓘ
December 1941 ⓘ
legalForm temporary investigative body ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
namedAfter Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
partOf United States World War II home front investigations ⓘ
publicationDate January 1942 ⓘ
reportTitle Report of the Roberts Commission on the Pearl Harbor Attack ⓘ
significantEvent issuance of Roberts Commission report ⓘ
public release of findings on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
studies Japanese surprise attack of December 7, 1941 ⓘ
attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
preparedness of U.S. forces in Hawaii ⓘ
responsibility for the Pearl Harbor disaster ⓘ
topic military intelligence before Pearl Harbor ⓘ
readiness of Pacific Fleet ⓘ
warning messages sent to Hawaiian commanders ⓘ

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Owen J. Roberts → notableWork → Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
subject linked to: Justice Owen J. Roberts
Roberts Commission on the attack on Pearl Harbor → reportTitle → Report of the Roberts Commission on the Pearl Harbor Attack ⓘ
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Roberts Commission → hasReportTitle → Report of the Roberts Commission on the Pearl Harbor Attack ⓘ
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Roberts Commission → alsoKnownAs → Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
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Owen Josephus Roberts → notableWork → Roberts Commission on the Attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
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Lieutenant General Walter C. Short → subjectOf → Roberts Commission Report on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
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Joseph M. Reeves → participatedIn → Roberts Commission investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack ⓘ
subject linked to: Rear Admiral Joseph M. Reeves
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Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack → mainSubject → Pearl Harbor attack investigations ⓘ
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