rendo said:
On the contrary, the battle was very risky. Success meant immobilizing the entire pacific fleet, while failure meant feeling the wrath of the US. If Admiral Nagumo had have commenced the third wave and struck at the fuel storage of the fleet, the US pacific fleet would have been set back at least a year. I'd say Pearl Harbor was mildly successful, but the Japanese sure could've done a lot more damage had they taken the extra risk of following through with a third wave. Oh well, waaaay off topic, but interesting nonetheless. :D |
Sounds to me like they were being too conservative when they held back the third wave. ;)







