Re:Avro Arrow – The record-breaking jet which still haunts a...
by ceejayoz on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @01:45PM
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> Had the Yamato and Musashi not been distracted and just turned into Leyte Gulf as planned, the American landing craft were sitting ducks.
That's overstating it a bit.
Six battleships, seven cruisers, and 21 destroyers were prepared to meet the Japanese force, and they'd have been under air attack either way.
It was useless with the overly-complicated battle plans and bad luck of the IJN. (Yamamoto dictated such complex maneuvers that the captains lost track of the objective at both Midway and Leyte Gulf.)
Had the Yamato and Musashi not been distracted and just turned into Leyte Gulf as planned, the American landing craft were sitting ducks. Instead, the Yamato went home, and the Musashi was swarmed and sunk.