You people have way to much time on your hands.
Gary
Moses Lake
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne R. Boyer" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Midway


> I thought that Denys was Canadian.... He's written a good synopsys of the
> battle of Midway!  Do they teach American history in Canada?
>
> A history point: Had the Japanese attacked Midway with ONE combined fleet
> instead of fragmenting their fleet into pieces to do other things like
attack
> the Aleutian Islands, the outcome of this battle would have been quite
> different.  The Japanese sent two aircraft carriers off on that exercise.
> Had they been at Midway, perhaps the American attack would have been less
> successful?  Perhaps the Japanese counter attack on the American carriers
> would have been more successful???
>
> Points to ponder.  Maybe even with aircraft carriers, it's better to
tackle
> one task at a time just as it often is with more mundane tasks?
>
> Trivia question: If today is the anniversary of this battle... how was
this
> calculated?  Midway sits midway across the Pacific almost on the
> International Date Line... should we consult TZTAB some more...?
>
> Perhaps the Japanese think the anniversary was yesterday?
>
> Wayne
>
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