Only last year I learned something like 40% of the torpedoes turned out to be DUDS after hitting perfectly.
A similar % of the dive bombs went astray.
Their attack was absolutely a great success but in fact it could have been TWICE as bad, very easily.
I wish I had the link to the concise, EXCELLENT video summary of their attack, it was 10x better than any other analysis I’ve ever seen (I’ve seen and read TONS of them).
“Their attack was absolutely a great success but in fact it could have been TWICE as bad, very easily.”
Huge supplies of gasoline were not bombed. It would have taken months, perhaps a year to replace.