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Gordon W. Prange, At Dawn We Slept

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Winston S. Churchill, The Grand Alliance

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Ironically, had the Japanese Navy not inflicted such heavy damage to the battlewagons at Pearl Harbor, the US Command would have likely stuck to the War Plan Orange/Rainbow 3 Plan, which would have been a disaster.

The relief of the Phillipines with the entire fleet, with the Battleships leading the way, facing the entire Japanese fleet and ground based air in the “Decisive” Battle in the Phillipine Sea in Jan/Feb 1942 would have been a bloodbath for US Forces...