“The Japanese couldn’t hit all the shipyards on the continental United States.”
My point was after Dec 7th, the number of patrols from Pearl were greatly increased. Very little change of a surprise, especially with us reading their mail by then. Carriers, battleships, destroyers at Pearl would have been sent to meet them. Planes at Hickman would be up in the air and heading out too.
That’s right.
After Pearl Harbor, Yamamoto said he could win some battles for 6 months to a year and then it would be difficult. He knew it was hopeless.
#13 Plus the radar men would not have been ignored as they were that morning.