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Originally Posted by privateer
I've read that and other thoughts and I still do not see the logic in any of them when you look at supply line problems.
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Banzai charges and ritual mass suicides aren't logical either but the Japanese were known for them throughout the war.
Besides a Midway diversion there was also a propaganda value. It was after all American soil. In their mind we would break ourselves trying to remove them just like they would if we seized one of their home islands.