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Jack Linthicum wrote:
On Mar 19, 8:22*am, Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Mar 18, 11:45*pm, Chris wrote:

On Mar 18, 10:05*pm, Alexander wrote:
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As I already noted in another post, please don't base your ideas for
what the Germans could do based on the successes of the Japanese Navy.
The Japanese Navy was so much better than the Luftwaffe at sinking
ships that the comparison is ludicrous.
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Chris Manteuffel

Pearl Harbor was an unexpected attack on close-packed stationary
ships, inspired by the British success at Taranto. The Japanese
weren't that good at bombing defended shipping at sea, Guadalcanal for
example. One can assume that Spitfires would be at least as effective
as Wildcats at protecting the ships.

Ask the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse how good the Japanese
were at bombing ships in the open sea.

The answer, of course, is "far better than anyone expected, based on extensive
experience against the Luftwaffe and the Regia Aeronautica"...

And the Luftwaffe in 1940 was much, much less effective against shipping than
the specialist anti-ship units in the Med' in '41 on which that assessment had
been based. As witness their unimpressive performance during DYNAMO.

--
Andy Breen ~ Not speaking on behalf of the University of Wales, Aberystwyth

"Who dies with the most toys wins" (Gary Barnes)