[Marxism] Socialist Policy in World War Two

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"Another hypothetical: What if the US Navy had been allowed to defend
Hawaii?" asks Intense Red.

Good question. But easily answered by subsequent US actions against the 
Japanese: the US would of had it's add handed to them. Assuming for a 
minute we are not talking about a battleship war lobbing shells at each 
other, alone, the US would of lost, and badly. In fact, it's good thing 
for the U.S. navy that the carriers were not only missing from Pearl, 
but didn't even shortly engage them. Almost every air encounter between 
the US and Japan for the year after Peal Harbor went very, very badly 
for the US.

US Navy pilots were some of the least experienced fighter pilots among 
the imperialists powers. The Japanese had some of the best. The US navy 
had the least technologically advanced fighters (wildcats vs zero). US 
carrier attack techniques were probably the worse AND US carriers were 
probably the least 'best built' carriers of anyone (the British had the 
best ones of anyone, smaller 'pocket ' carriers with highly armored 
flight decks).

About the only 'change' in this history that was reasonable would of 
been for the US battleship fleet to have also disappeared from Peal 
Harbor that Sunday morning and thus they could of been used in 
subsequent campaigns against the Japanese later in the war.

But in all seriousness, I don't think the US Navy could of defended 
Pearl Harbor even if it wanted to.

David