[Homer_J_Simpson]

Gordon W. Prange, At Dawn We Slept

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Winston S. Churchill, The Grand Alliance

[PzLdr]

Carrier Division 5 [SHOKAKU, ZUIKAKU], having the ‘greenest’ aircrews, with no combat, nor extensive, experience [the carriers had just come into service], was tasked with attacking the U.S Army Air Corps land bases, which Genda felt would be easier for the aircrews to handle.