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"Keith Willshaw" wrote:

"Mike Dargan" wrote in message
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The Pearl Harbor debacle is often blamed on lack of resources caused by
inadequate support from the politicians. Wrong. Short and Kimmel had
both quantitative and qualitative superiority but were hopelessly inept.


While agreeing on the ineptitiude its clear that the IJN had a clear
superiority in terms of modern fighter aircraft.

And the training and doctrine to use them, at least for the short term.
(Their system for replacing existing pilots was inadequate, at best.)