ORIGINAL: Apollo11
Hi all,
ORIGINAL: Nikademus
ORIGINAL: Apollo11
Kurita "drops the ball" and makes a whole lot of wrong decisions for the Japanese...
His failure (and it was failure because other parts of the Japanese fleet knowingly scarified themselves for his success) is unforgiving IMHO!
Had Kurita the detail control an AE player has, I'm sure he would have done better. [;)]
True... but it is interesting to notice that in both occasions IJN ships had a chance to directly attack US transport ships they missed the chance... [;)]
IMHO both Mikawa and Kurita should have tried to attack the US transport ships!
Leo "Apollo11"
I would recommend reading Sea of Thunder for some insight into the mindset of Kurita. The book includes material from an interview with him after the war.
One one hand, from the perspective of a pure warrior, one would have to agree that his decision not to press home the attck on the transports was unforgivable in the face of the sacrifice made by the southern force. On the other hand, from the perspective of a man with a conscience who knew the war was lost, he can be congratulated for sparing the lives of many.
Kurita's heart simply wasn't in the mission.