Originally Posted by wabigoon
December 7 1941.

I know just the basics, the Japanese thought battle ships were all important. History shows airplanes, and the carrier ships turned out be of more importance.

Any thoughts on the day "That Lives in Infamy"?



No, the Japs thought the carriers would be at Pearl. They thought if they could sink the Pacific Fleet Carriers, that the US would have lottle choice but to sue for peace and negotiate to get the oil flowing back to Japan. Unbenownst to them, the carriers had been sent out on missions - The Lexington to Midway to delivery dive bombers, The Saratoga to San Diego and The Enterprise to Wake Island to deliver a Marine attack plane squadron. Enterprise was scheduled to return to Pearl on December 7th and received radio transmissions that Pearl was under attack. She berthed on December 8, and was refueled and rearmed in 7 hours before putting back out to sea to guard the Islands from further attacks from the West.


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