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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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