Hello Richard Aiken,

Oops, I forgot to insert the qualifier "in my opinion", which was from the overview and not the details.

However, in my opinion even if the Japanese had not been handicapped by a lack of resources I do not feel there where enough officers with the insights that Yamamoto had about the west in general the US in particular.

Then again I could be totally out to lunch.

Thank you for the additional information.

Tom R

From: "Richard Aiken" <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, April 8, 2016 8:15:38 PM
Subject: Re: [TML] Off-topic but fascinating historically...

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 8:33 PM, <tmr0195@comcast.net> wrote:

Of course Montgomery proved to be up to the task, unlike Yamamoto's successor.

Well, it's also true that Montgomery's famous triumphs (as opposed to his famous desperate stands) had the cornucopia of the American economy working for them rather than against them . . . :P

Richard Aiken

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