Jap Type 94...the original "glockcidental"-like discharge pistol.
Attacking America at Pearl Harbor - another not so good idea.
Jap Type 94...the original "glockcidental"-like discharge pistol.
No, it was a good idea.
They missed the fuel tanks.
They failed to return a third time that morning to destroy what was not already blown up.
They failed to STAY around Pearl harbor and get the carriers when they did come back on Monday or Tuesday that week.
That the carriers were out at sea on that Sunday morning could not be predicted - they tried, but failed to get the message out. Would Monday have been successful?
By the way, at that time, battleships WERE still the sea power. carriers were not yet proven. Close to be being effective, as Europe showed, but Brit carriers were NOT impressive early on! (As shown by the Brit carrier sunk by gunfire!) One swordfish hitting the Bismark rudder on one lucky shot after dozens of other torpedoes missed, does not a campaign make.
That the Brit carriers WERE successful in shallow water harbor attacks on moored battleships is what the japanese learned from the Med fighting.