Comments by "" (@BobSmith-dk8nw) on "US Navy Fleet Problems - Carriers, Pearl Harbor and the End (XVII-XXII)" video.

Thanks. I was aware that it had occurred to the Navy that Carrier Attacks on Pearl Harbor might take place - but - not to the extent that they had taken place in practice. Attacking Hawaii seems to have been common place. These exercises did not however prepare the American Military for the fact that - yes - it could really be attacked. You look at the frequent reaction of individuals at Hawaii and it was disbelief that they were being attacked. Time and again reports of Enemy Forces were discounted as them being Friendly Forces or a mistake. There was no urgency to our response and no coordination between combat elements. The Transition between a Peace Time Military and a War Time one was brutal. .
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