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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
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Originally Posted by CCIP
Eh, it's even more of a mystery why they left after one day of attacks, when they had every opportunity to conduct several attacks over several days and completely devastate everything that was at Pearl, knocking out all the capital ships there for good. But they left.
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Not a mystery at all, in either case. Nagumo said himself that he knew the American subs would be looking for their fleet, now that they knew they were there. He cancelled orders for a third attack and headed home.
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I was under the impression that given the fleet's position and the limited readiness of subs, they still had time and the risk was comparatively low. I don't doubt this was a real factor, though!