Board Thread:Anime/@comment-25730832-20150304102908/@comment-24332640-20150304230023

Lici Ui wrote: Abyss Carrier attack at naval base(Japan), i think it is refering to Doolittle_Raid. Because of this surprise attack, IJN cancel Operation MO, pull back navy from Indian ocean, and planning for Operation MI. Operation MO was not canceled, it just didn't succeed as they met more resistence than expected and it turned into the battle of Coral Sea.

The attack on the naval district in this episode was almost certainly a reference to the Doolittle Raid, but the Doolittle Raid should have been before Coral Sea, not after. For the most part they've seemingly been following the history so that's a fairly significant deviation...