The new old war in Korea

[Lissa]

Hi,

They would do it just to see if a bloody nose is enough to make the US to turn tail and run.

Didn't somebody try that in December of 1941? I seem to have the impression that that didn't work out too well for them.

--Pete

Techincally, the Japanese weren't trying to shock the US into submission, they were trying to demolish the US Pacific Fleet. If the US Carriers had been at Pearl on the day of attack instead of on sea trials south of the islands, the Japanese could have had the Pacific to themselves till late in '43 or '44. It was the Carriers, and Yamamoto realized the mistake, that got the US back into shape to devestate the Japanese Navy at Midway (we sank 4 of the Japanese Carriers to our one lost at Midway). Carriers truly made the difference in the Pacific theatre (the last time the T was crossed was after Leyte Gulf when a US Battlegroup crossed it before the Japanese could and the Japanese again were devestated at sea).