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Originally Posted by Nighteyes
Exactly. Had they been at Pearl, the war in the Pacific would have been over at that point -- exactly what the Japanese attack was intended to accomplish.
Japan did not want a war with us; they wanted only to take out our major weapon -- the Pacific Fleet -- so that we would have to sue for peace, thereby allowing them to consolidate their gains in Asia and the Western Pacific; their Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
Japan already knew the tremendous potential of the aircraft carrier; something the US Navy, in 1941, had largely failed to realize. By taking out our battlewagons, Japan actually forced us to adopt carrier warfare.
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And let's hope we've learned from the past and do not get caught asleep again when it comes to China, their new and massive Navy, and their carrier busting bomb.
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