Sarah Paine
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But in general, it causes minor damage.
But it has a major unanticipated strategic benefit, thinks Samurai.
The Army, all of a sudden, is backing the Navy that they're going to now do midway with them.
And it's, right, don't think, retaliate, avenge your honor.
The Army was appalled.
that anyone had been able to bomb Japanese skies.
So now they're all over it.
Okay, so how does Midway work out?
Really poorly for the Japanese.
They lose four aircraft carriers.
They've only got 12.
They've lost a third.
Oops.
And here we go, in group, out group.
The Navy doesn't tell anyone for three or four months.
incredible in a war, right?
So they're thinking about their little stovepipe and they're ignoring Japanese interests when this is going on.
Okay, different story.
So they do get their operational end to the whole thing.
It's called, this is the firebombing of Tokyo.