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JAPANESE BOMB DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA, TWICE; ROMMEL DRIVES WIDE WEDGE IN LIBYAN LINE (6/4/42)
Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library
| 6/4/42
| Joseph M. Levy, George Axelsson, Harold Denny, Hanson W. Baldwin
Posted on 06/04/2012 4:08:39 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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To: henkster
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henkster
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It’s also a matter of doctrine. Armed forces fight they way they train, and they train based on their doctrine. Japanese doctrine favored the cohesion of the carrier/airwing combination. They couldn’t change on short notice; few navies could.
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Last ping for the last carrier.
John Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
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