[Leica] LUG Digest, Vol 44, Issue 86

[mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope)]

Thanks everyone for the history lesson.  I must look out some books on 
the subject - most of my reading has been about the European theatre.

Cheers


Mark



Mark Pope,
Swindon, Wilts
UK

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                (2008) 
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Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:
> Mark writes:
> Whatever the origin of the pictures, they do illustrate the terrifying
> effects of a major attack.  I haven't read much about the history of the
> Pacific war, but that attack must have really hurt the US's capability
> to wage war for quite some considerable time.  How long did it take to
> rebuild those ships and train replacement sailors and marines?
> 
> - - - - - -
> 
> I'm not a military historian but it is my belief that the Japanese Pearl
> Harbor attack did not achieve its objectives regardless of the number of
> ships sunk and people killed. The attack occurred at a time when naval
> warfare was changing from a combat between ships at comparatively short
> range using cannons to one where ships battled at long range using 
> aircraft.
> The US carrier fleet was not in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 and escaped
> intact. The subsequent battle of Midway was largely a carrier operation
> which inflicted disproportionate losses on the Japanese navy and turned the
> tide of the Pacific war.
> Larry Z
> 
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