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Originally posted by justin
...The Pearl Harbour attack has gone down in history as a dastardly act, but despite it's sneakiness it remains a brilliantly planned and executed attack, to bring 6 fleet carriers within 200 miles of the home of the Pacific fleet, launch and recover their air groups and escape with virtually no loss was a real feat.
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Quite true, and over time a lot of 'what ifs' from analyzing the attack have surfaced.
The Japanese were expecting to catch both the fleet carriers and the battlewagons at anchorage; had they been both in the harbor at the time of the attack would have essentially ended the US naval presence in the Pacific.
The Japanese completely overlooked attacking the fuel storage depots and dry docks; had they done so, it would have also destroyed or severely crippled the US Pacific Fleet's ability to repair or refuel.
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