[Ads-l] ambush 'a surprise military attack'

[Wilson Gray]

> [T]he ambush at Pearl Harbor in December 1941...
caught the Japanese attackers entirely by surprise.😜

On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 3:58 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 2019 http://cinemalogue.com/2019/11/08/midway/  :
> The film starts with the ambush at Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
>
> I posted an ex. of the corresponding verb in 2016.  I seem to recall some
> skepticism....
>
> JL
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