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Originally Posted by Uber Gruber
For me at least, the Pacific Theatre was a "Carrier War" with both adversaries having a substantial naval force.
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Well, that's how the Japanese saw it. So they ignored the necessity of escorting their merchant fleet. The British understood the most dangerous threat and acted accordingly with the convoy system and the escorts from hell. The Japanese remained seduced by sexy battleships and carriers, not realizing that there are losses in war and those losses must be replaced with materials brought in with your mrechant fleet if you are an island nation like the UK or Japan. The Japanese never did understand that battles and wars are won by logistics, not just fancy weapons.
But had they understood that they never would have begun their war. They would have worked hard to prevent it, realizing that their supply lines were not tenable.