They didn't really handle Midway very well either; too dependent on 'the power of the emperor'❓ Still, they clobbered Pearl Harbor! Admiral Whoosit told them that we were a powerful manufacturing nation... would bounce back with power. They wanted to score ships more than petroleum I guess. Also didn't get our carriers at Pearl - and didn't insure the sinking of the Lexington {?} at Coral Sea.
If only they had used their satellites✔😂
Lex got sunk, Yorktown got away to participate @ Midway, where it was sunk.