Pearl Harbour
What would have happened? What happened on December 7th, 1941 has gone into the history books as " The day of Infamy ." To my mind, the Japanese excuse about forgetting about the International Date Line ranks among the feeblest of excuses for anything; of course they knew about the IDL, Lord knows most junior schoolchildren can tell you about it. Minutes after the attack there was a heated discussion about what to do. The Air Force Commander wanted to push home a second attack, but he was beaten by the logic of General Yamamto - Naval OIC - who said "We'll need the fuel to defend the ships on our return; another reason not to lauch the second attack is that the pilots would not be able to see through the columns of oil ablaze from the air strike minutes before. Ten days before the attack, a Naval Lieutenant who used to walk in the hills around the base, reported sick looking as if he'd been in a fight. Three days before the attack, he went on one of his walks a...