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The Japanese were inspired to attack Pearl Harbour after seeing the results 
Today also marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Taranto.
It was the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history, employing 21 Swordfish bombers from HMS Illustrious.
"... in the Fleet Air Arm the Navy has its most devastating weapon".
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Even on this day of all days you can't help willy-waving.
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And the battle on which the Imperial Japanese Navy based the attack on Pearl Harbour. The Zero was much more formidable than the Swordfish but, God, the thought at approaching on a torpedo run in an 80 mph Swordfish would scare the hell out of me.
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Frankly I am sceptical of the idea that the attack on Taronto somehow inspired the Japanese into planning the Pearl Harbour attack. The IJN Air service had been developed over decades to the position of one of the largest, best equipped and trained naval air arms in the world...
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Amazing feat. Controversial view: No Taranto, no Pearl Harbor. Then what
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Nightmare run ashore. Kept getting attacked by middle aged men who were in the town catching the ordinance that missed.
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Not factually true, the first ship to ship naval attack and air raid was on the 6th of September 1914 when the Imperial Japanese Seaplane carrier Wakamiya launched a Farman seaplane to attack the Austro-Hungarian cruiser Kaiserin Elisabeth and the German gunboat Jaguar.
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Love seeing the Fairey Swordfish on my Twitter feed.
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Yes. I love seeing it also
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