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Even if the IJN had sunk all 8 BBs at Pearl -and- every CV in the theater at the time, -and- not have lost 4 CVs at Midway, they STILL would have lost the war. Doing that much damage would have pushed the war out a year, maybe even 2, but Japan -NEVER- threated US production capacity, and THAT is was killed Japan. Number of CVE/CVL/CV produced by USA = 141 by Japan = 17 Number of aircraft produced by USA = 324,750 by Japan = 76,320 Number of tonnes of merchant shipping produced by USA = 33,993,230 by Japan = 4,152,361 Even if IJN had sunk all 3 US carriers at Midway, and not lost any of their own, by 1945, the lineup would still be... USN = Saratoga (88), Wasp (76), Essex (91), Bunker Hill (91), Yorktown (91), Lexington (91), Wasp (91), Intrepid (91), Hornet (91), Franklin (91), Ticonderoga (91), Hancock (91), Bennington (91), Shangri-La (91), Bon Homme Richard (91), Randolph (91), Antietam (91), Lake Champlain (91), Boxer (91), Kearsarge (91), Princeton II (91), Oriskany (91), Tarawa (91), Coral Sea (120), Franklin Roosevelt (120), Independence (33), Princeton (33), Belleau Wood (33), Cowpens (33), Monterey (33), Langley (33), Bataan (33), San Jacinto (33) INJ = Kaga (90), Akagi (91), Soryu (71), Hiryu (73), Zuikaku (84), Shokaku (84), Taiho (60), Unryu (65), Shinano (45), Amagi (65), Katsuragi (65), Kasagi (?) (65), Aso (?) (65), Ikoma (?) (65), Ibuki (?) (27), Ryujo (38), Zuiho (30), Chiyoda (30), Chitose (30) * IJN ships with "?" were in construction but never used. Total USN capacity = 2612 Total IJN capacity = 1163 [URL=http://64.124.221.191/economic.htm]Link for production data[/URL] Japan never stood a chance. -F-
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