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Originally Posted by sharkbit
I'm at that same point now. It's interesting how Gannon points out that what was about to fall upon the American coast will be a bigger catastrophe than the attack on Pearl Harbor, yet is not widely known.
It's a shame how petty rivalries, back-stabbing, glory seeking, anti-English sentiment, and politics made this a catastrophe waiting to happen. The US Navy was tottally unprepared.
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The best of The US Navy was sent to The Pacific, where USA was having her head handed to her.
Although the tanker harvest was on USA's East Coast, it hurt Engand more than it did USA.
Japan was busy conducting invasions on US Territory, including The Aleutians (Alaska!).
As high as the price tag was in The Atlantic, The Pacific was more important to USA at the time. And USA was loosing, big time.