super70s wrote:in infamy†–
! Kurt Nicklas <kurtnicklas@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 10:59:10 -0600, David Hartung
<d_hartung@hotmail.com> wrote:
A day late, sorry!
I found this on social media and found it thought provoking:
80 years ago today, Dec 7th, 1941, “a day that will live
forces as thewas brilliant tactical execution of a strategic blunder.
The attacking Japanese aircraft fixated on our operational
electrical, andcenter of gravity. By not destroying the drydock, fuel,
build uplogistics infrastructure, the U.S. was able to bounce back and
wouldn'tquickly.
If those logistics facilities had been lost it's possible we
badhave been ready for the Coral Sea and Midway operations in '42.
The failure to attack the infrastructure targets may have been
it oneplanning or just CYA on the Jap local commander who left without
carrying out the second strike that pilots had called for.
I happened to watch my copy of Tora! Tora! Tora! last week and in
See IMDB's trivia page for Tora.
Gronk <invalide@invalid.invalid> wrote in
ened to watch my copy of Tora! Tora! Tora! last week and in
it one
See IMDB's trivia page for Tora.
See Nagasaki and Hiroshima for results from Republican pilots.
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