The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 came as a great surprise because
A) President Roosevelt believed that the Japanese attack would come in Malaya or the Philippines.
B) no American officials expected that Japan would start a war with the United States.
C) Japanese communications were in a secret code unknown to the United States.
D) Hawaii was so heavily defended by American battleships and cruisers.
E) it was believed that Japan had insufficient aircraft carriers to reach near Hawaii.
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