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Originally Posted by the_tyrant
yes, of course
But it seemed like a good idea at the time
I mean, in 1937 people still believed that the battleship is king
Also, Japan tried to compensate for having less ships with better ships.
They just never caught on with the convoy raiding
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A lack of commerce raiding did not lose the war for Japan. Poor production decisions did. They created and maintained a naval force that was ill-suited for the type of war that was fought. That is the fact at the heart of both tater's argument and my own.