Rear Admiral Taussig and the Warning Before Pearl Harbor

Rear Admiral Taussig and the Warning Before Pearl Harbor

An obscure article in the Southern Jewish Weekly put forward an interesting idea in the form of an article published on January 30, 1942. In some ways, this is part three of a series about Taussig. But it casts the story in a different light and one worth examining.

American was still reeling from the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the string of defeats facing the country in the months following the initial attack. The country was getting a steady diet of defeat and destruction in faraway places like Guam and the Philippines. Blame was being cast in every direction including the military, Congressional Leaders and the President himself.

Could the attacks have been predicted? Probably. Did anyone try and tell the leadership? Most definitely.

One of those men was Rear Admiral Joseph K. Taussig.

“In May 1940, Taussig again…