Tora! Tora! Tora! (UHD)

: Transmitted by Commander Mitsuo Fuchida at 7:53 AM on December 7, 1941, the signal informed the Japanese fleet that American defenses were unprepared. The 1970 Film Guide

: It served as an abbreviation for totsugeki raigeki (突撃雷撃), meaning " lightning attack ". Tora! Tora! Tora!

The phrase was the radio code signal used by Japanese pilots to indicate that . Literal Meaning : "Tora" means "tiger" in Japanese. : Transmitted by Commander Mitsuo Fuchida at 7:53