re: Today is the 75th anniversary of the last "line battle" in naval history

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What they didn’t realize was Haley’s had taken the bait of the Japanese carriers (which had virtually no planes) and was Off on a wild goose chase.

What’s ironic is had the Yamato group pressed their attack they would have fallen upon the massive invasion fleet and slaughtered them, which was the plan all along. Basically the Japanese plan to lure away 3rd Fleet and then attack the unguarded invasion force had worked, they just didn’t realize it and missed a golden opportunity.

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Nailed it. Would’ve been the worst day in US naval history if they hadn’t been scared off by taffy 3. It’s even more unlikely when you realize that the Japanese high command viewed their attack as suicidal/bonzai and were fine with losing the task force anyways.

Massive failure.