I understand the joke but fun fact: WWII planes in fact couldn't fly that far(the obvious shorter route) which is one of the reasons the attack was able to succeed, no body expected it despite the numerous warnings they had because it seemed impossible but that is simply because the aircraft carrier was such a new technology that nobody knew how instrumental they would be in modern warfare.

[–] ivanafterall 31 points 6 days ago (3 children)

So now you expect me to believe that they had flying aircraft carriers? How would that even work?

[–] CMDR_Horn 12 points 6 days ago

Disney has some movies for you to watch

[–] Chainweasel 2 points 6 days ago

https://youtu.be/VNOusZLO7y4?si=_gj2KaPe4p9mi047

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

But Japan had a flying battleship. With a superweapon on the front.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

Hardcore History has a great series on the Pacific Theatre of WWII called Supernova in the East. It goes into the learning curve of aircraft carriers by Japan and the US. There was actually a fair amount of luck involved by the US shortly after Pearl Harbor that diminished Japan's air capabilities for the rest of the war.

The way it was always presented to me in school is that the US victory was inevitable. This podcast series gives a much less biased view.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

I'm pretty sure they were well aware of it, and just let it happen to boost support for the US entering the war.