> So there were lots of examples to draw from Pretty much confirmed by my memory (my father-in-law was a retired Italian Navy Admiral, and knew war history ver

> So there were lots of examples to draw from Pretty much confirmed by my memory (my father-in-law was a retired Italian Navy Admiral, and knew war history very well), as well as by Wikipedia [0]: "It is likely the Imperial Japanese Navy's staff carefully studied the Taranto raid during planning for the attack on Pearl Harbor, as both attacks faced similar issues attacking a shallow harbour" [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Taranto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Taranto