Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-73.220.89.40-20150318192417/@comment-1915363-20151228050236

Qunow wrote: while that's pretty much useless after USA changed their plan, wasn't the plan still remain in place and being followed for quite a while even after the war start according to what I read? Well, the Japanese still follow the doctrine for quite some time, up until their devastating loss in the battle of Midway. The Americans on the other hands no longer have the slow battleships (temporarily) for their entry to the Pacific Theater, so they have to improvise their plan with the Yorktown-class carriers (including the well-famed Enterprise) after their first-hand experience of Pearl Harbor.