Japan never should have done both.

They had a light carrier sunk and a big carrier damaged at Coral Sea, so obviously they weren't available for Midway. After Pearl Harbor, the Japanese couldn't decide what direction to go. So they did a little bit of everything. What they should have done is concentrated their striking power in one attack. Wanna go after Midway and threaten Hawaii? Great. Wanna go southeast towards the shipping lanes to Australia and cut off that huge land mass? That's fine too. But pick one of them. Not both.

In response to this post by Hokie1992

Posted: 06/19/2019 at 10:22AM

WW2 peeps:... this has been a really learnt book. (SPOILs) As I had no -- bourbonstreet 06/19/2019 12:06AM

The Battle of Coral Sea frequently is viewed as a mere prelude to Midway -- Hokie1992 06/19/2019 06:31AM

...and agry fully... MAJOR league cahones. All around as you correctly say. ** -- bourbonstreet 06/19/2019 3:18PM

...can you namedrop any of those first 6-months books? TIA!!!!!!! ** -- bourbonstreet 06/19/2019 3:16PM

Japan never should have done both. -- Chris Coleman

06/19/2019 10:22AM

...I could never agry mo'. "Hi" (niponese yes). Never split strength(s). ** -- bourbonstreet 06/19/2019 3:19PM

Wasn't Japan's ultimate goal in WWII to control the Philippines, Malaysia, -- Tafkam Hokie 06/19/2019 12:48PM

They wanted to control natural resources from which -- Nelsonia Hokie 06/19/2019 3:23PM

It is somewhat a characteristic of invader and why they always fail -- Vienna_Hokie 06/19/2019 12:08PM

One other advantage that we had was in surveillance... -- IB4TECH 06/19/2019 09:31AM

Weird that I just watched two documentaries that included Coral Sea last -- IB4TECH 06/19/2019 08:20AM

Yes, our code crackers at Arlington Hall were breaking 100 a month in 44-45 -- VaAkita 06/19/2019 01:02AM

First 6 months of my job, I worked at Arlington Hall.. -- `lag 06/19/2019 3:00PM

Did you work at Ft. Meade too. My mom did from time it opened, & AH from -- VaAkita 06/19/2019 3:36PM

Yes, but not at "that" Ft. Meade :^)... -- `lag 06/19/2019 5:45PM

Japan never should have done both.

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