[Leica] Pearl Harbour Photographs

[spencer at aotera.org (Spencer Cheng)]

On Feb 5, 2010, at 3:37, Mark Pope wrote:

> Whatever the origin of the pictures, they do illustrate the terrifying 
> effects of a major attack.  I haven't read much about the history of the 
> Pacific war, but that attack must have really hurt the US's capability to 
> wage war for quite some considerable time.  How long did it take to 
> rebuild those ships and train replacement sailors and marines?

Actually, other than the battleships which were obsolete strategically, the 
carriers, which someone else mentioned, and, perhaps even more importantly, 
the fuel depot was not destroyed. The destruction of those 2 would quite 
possibly have altered the history of WWII in the Pacific unlike the sinking 
of the battleships.

IMHO of course.

Regards,
Spencer