the realization they had lost the gamble to defeat the US but they in fact did at one point in the very early stages of the war have the opportunity to defeat us.
If our aircraft carriers were in Pearl on December 7th, they might very well had won.
34 posted on 12/07/2010 10:58:37 AM PST by dfwgator
(Congratulations to Josh Hamilton - AL MVP)
From everything that I've read, the saving grace for the Navy, the USA was that the carriers were on maneuvers that very Sunday morning 8 am, Dec. 7, 1941, were not docked as sitting ducks as was the mainstay of our fleet all lined-up in "Battleship Row" for the Japanese air force to destroy as well.
It was, as I've read, a stroke a luck for the US.
44 posted on 12/07/2010 11:42:47 AM PST by lbryce
(Obama Notwithstanding, America's Best Days Are Yet To Be .)