The reason the aircraft carriers were not at Pearl is because they were the most important component of 1940s modern warfare. They were made to leave just in time.
I think the end justify the means here.
the reason to enter the war will eventually come, he speed up the process.
There were some supports for Germany in the start too, it’s probably good to be isolated in the beginning and do a wait and see.
can you imagine if Hitler had keep his word and not going after Russia, and in turn recruited them into axis.
> The reason the aircraft carriers were not at Pearl is because they were the most important component of 1940s modern warfare. <
Yes, that is correct. But few admirals realized it at the time. The battleship was king (or so they thought). In 1941 all the major navies were still building battleship after battleship.
The absence of the carriers was just a very fortunate coincidence.
That is an overstatement to the max. Very few American admirals knew the strategic and tactical value of their aircraft carriers until they became valuable assets after the attack on Pear Harbor.
Until then, they were considered support vessels for battleship centric fleets.
Coincidense? 😂😆😊 Maybe not, huh?