Glider
Captain
Sys, agree with you on the AAA/Damage Control point. Add to that ASW, Supply, Medical, Engineering, Support and pretty much everything else that a military force needs to stay and fight in the face of a determined enemy. Good planes, good ships, good soliders, lousy support.
Here we are touching on the co-operation between allies issue. The UK had very good damage control methods and procedures and excellent ASW equipment. Its AA equipment was also as good as the best available in the first half of the war and the german twin 37 took some beating in this period. Plus of course British/German surface and Air Warning radar was also ahead of the rest of the world at the time
If the Japs had learnt these lessons and equipped their carriers with these pieces of kit, then they would be a tough nut to crack.