lone ranger wrote:
Please go back, and check your WW2 History, The Japanese had 3 aircraft carriers, used in the attack on Pearl Harbor, and did not fly directly from Japan, as no airplane at that time, had that capability, The Japanese Mitsubishi zero"s flew less then 200 miles each way
At the time of the attack and for a few years before Germany had conquered all of Europe and had the UK on the ropes.We were violating the Neutrality Act by sending convoys to England while they were at war with Germany. Churchill wanted the US to enter the war. That was not the sentiment in the country at that time. Ready for this??? The US knew of the impending attack on Pearl Harbor. The only way to help the UK was to allow it to happen and not engage them before the attack. All of the carriers were at sea when the Japanese attacked Pearl. The carrier was the least expendable of all the naval ships. There was the aircraft, the trained crews, and the pilots. Almost immediately the American war effort was put into action and sent to England. Not to support the American Armed Forces in the Pacific. It took about a year before we started the Pacific Campain.