Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack

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The Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack was a bipartisan U.S. Senate–House committee formed during World War II to conduct a comprehensive inquiry into the circumstances and responsibility surrounding Japan’s 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional committee ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished 1946 ⓘ
fieldOfWork congressional oversight ⓘ
intelligence oversight ⓘ
military affairs ⓘ
national security ⓘ
followed earlier executive and military investigations of Pearl Harbor ⓘ
hasCause Attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
hasCharacteristic bipartisan ⓘ
investigative ⓘ
temporary ⓘ
hasMember members of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
members of the United States Senate ⓘ
hasPart United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
hasPurpose assessment of information available to U.S. officials prior to 7 December 1941 ⓘ
determination of responsibility for the Pearl Harbor attack ⓘ
evaluation of performance of U.S. Army and Navy commands in Hawaii ⓘ
investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack ⓘ
recommendation of measures to prevent future surprise attacks ⓘ
review of U.S. military and intelligence preparedness before Pearl Harbor ⓘ
inception 1945 ⓘ
influenced historical understanding of the Pearl Harbor attack ⓘ
later debates on U.S. intelligence reform ⓘ
influencedBy public controversy over responsibility for the Pearl Harbor attack ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject Pearl Harbor attack investigations ⓘ
United States Army and Navy command decisions in Hawaii ⓘ
pre‑war diplomatic and military communications with Japan ⓘ
responsibility for the Pearl Harbor attack ⓘ
partOf United States federal government ⓘ
product Final Report of the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack ⓘ
significantEvent investigation of intelligence failures preceding the Pearl Harbor attack ⓘ
public hearings on the Pearl Harbor attack ⓘ
publication of a multi‑volume report on the Pearl Harbor attack ⓘ
studies Attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
United States intelligence handling of Japanese communications before Pearl Harbor ⓘ
United States military preparedness before World War II ⓘ
temporalCoverage World War II ⓘ
usedMethod examination of classified documents ⓘ
public hearings ⓘ
testimony from military and civilian officials ⓘ

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Roberts Commission → followedBy → Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack ⓘ
Army Pearl Harbor Board → relatedInvestigation → Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack ⓘ
Navy Court of Inquiry on Pearl Harbor → relatedTo → Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack ⓘ
Navy Court of Inquiry → topic → Pearl Harbor investigations ⓘ
linked to: Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack
Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack → product → Final Report of the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack ⓘ
linked to: Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack
Orin G. Murfin → notableEvent → Pearl Harbor attack investigations ⓘ
subject linked to: Rear Admiral Orin G. Murfin
linked to: Joint Congressional Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack