In the years after World War Two, and indeed, even today, there has been much speculation on how an early warning of an impending Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor would have affected the outcome of the raid on that fateful 7th December 1941, when the US Navy Pacific Fleet lost all eight of its battleships. These have ranged from an optimistic prediction of a complete defeat of the Japanese force, to more gloomy suggestions that the Americans might not just have lost their battleships, but their aircraft carriers as well. Any such speculation must, however, depend on how early a … Continue reading Pearl Harbor & Ceylon: a ‘What If?’ Look at the Value of Intelligence & Aerial Reconnaissance