ORIGINAL: airzona
mustclime u should also spend some time and read. all of those "dumb old battleships", minus the arizona, utah, and ohlahoma, were repaired and finished the war. the japanese would not have lost their oil if they didnt try and take over all of asia, thank teddy roosevelt for that. so japan had a choice, play nice with others and dont steal other nations land, they only bombed pearl to delay the butt whoppin they got in the end. i fear all we have done is woken a sleeping giant....adm. yamamoto. (something close to that)
*sigh*....when did Japaninvade China?.... 1937....when did the USA cut the oil supplies tojapan? July 1941( that would be 4 years later....and justafter the Germans kicked butt in Europe), when did the USA go on high alert for a possible attack?....they didn't. Did Roosevelt want to get involved in the the war?......read some history.....as for getting some of those battle ships back up and running......thats called propaganda....they were just gun platforms....how long did the USA keep those prewar battle shipsin serviceafter the war?.....they were gone in a year....the
Battle of Taranto in November 1940 proved that an attackon a port with aircraft could destroy ships in thatport....so was it a surprise attack?