is a 1970 film that dramatizes the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the series of American blunders that unintentionally improved its effectiveness. The title is the code-words that were used by the Japanese to indicate that complete surprise was achieved. (Using a repetition of the Japanese word for tiger, though whether this meaning was specifically intended is unknown.) At the time it was released into theaters, it was a financial disaster but over the years, video releases allowed a profit. The movie was critically acclaimed for its vivid action scenes (in fact several later films relating to World War II in the Pacific would use footage from Tora, Tora, Tora) as well as its almost documentary accuracy. Its most famous line, however, though widely assumed to be a quotation, turned out to be fictitious.

The film is a dramatization based upon the actual history of events leading up to the attack, to the extent these facts were known at the time of production. While later research has proven many beliefs of the time to be incorrect, nothing in the film was disproved. The commanders in Hawaii, General Short and Admiral Kimmel, though scapegoated for decades, are accurately portrayed as taking the best defensive measures possible for the apparent threats, and not being warned of the increasing risk of aerial attack, obvious in Washington but invisible in Honolulu.

In the film, the shallow water of Pearl Harbor is identified as a natural defense against aerial torpedoes. Unmentioned in the final film is the fact that the Imperial Japanese Navy modified its torpedoes so as to not dive so deeply.

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gendisM (adis) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:31:26 -0000
Aduuuuh tora kau lama sekali menjawab na !!! Pegel gw nemenin lo !!!
#RiddleMeThisRove @KarlRove What Happened at Tora Bora? And is Bin Laden either "Smoked Out of his Hole", Dead, Captured or Alive and Free?
Vyan1 (Frank Vyan Walton) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:14:17 -0000
#RiddleMeThisRove @KarlRove What Happened at Tora Bora? And is Bin Laden either "Smoked Out of his Hole", Dead, Captured or Alive and Free?
@t_ORASUDI_ro Kang tora, plis add yo? Hehe..
AntonEinsteinz (Anton S Einsteinz) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:11:38 -0000
@t_ORASUDI_ro Kang tora, plis add yo? Hehe..
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anggiolga (anggreni ahmad) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:10:59 -0000
Pernah liat dia jd partner vincent,tora en ayudewi di 4M RT @Jakafe: Wanita di Makmur itu siapaaaa? Her boobies are kickass! Seneng de gue..
2 @seding10 "Bin Laden: I think we got him at Tora Bora" Me: No. It was in Bush's interest to claim that, if true. He knew it wasn't true.
RonSupportsYou (Ron Feiertag) Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:07:57 -0000
2 @seding10 "Bin Laden: I think we got him at Tora Bora" Me: No. It was in Bush's interest to claim that, if true. He knew it wasn't true.

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