What was the condition of the American strike force before the war in the Pacific? How would this make the element of surprise important to the success of the mission?

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YRJ8498 · Answer

what do you know about this so far?

YRJ8498 · Answer

@yy wrote:

The Pacific Strategy, 1941-1944 ... On December 7, 1941, Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, severely damaging the US Pacific Fleet.

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QueenMo12345 · Answer

What i know so far is that a lot of the American battleships
 got destroyed , damaged or sunk

YRJ8498 · Answer

@yy wrote:

i did not

"On December 7, 1941, Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, severely damaging the US Pacific Fleet. ... They aimed to destroy the US carrier fleet in a victory so decisive that the United States would negotiate for peace. With its battleship fleet crippled in Hawaii, the US Navy turned to two surviving assets." SOURCE: nationalww2museum.org

yy · Answer

fine

yy · Answer

ther happy

YTStresssPG3D · Answer

@yy wrote:

ther happy

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