renrich
Chief Master Sergeant
A blunder which did not have huge consequences(unless you were one of Wake's defenders) was the failure of the Task Force commanded by Fletcher to follow through and attack the IJN invasion fleet. If they had been audacious and struck swiftly, they could have decimated the IJN invasion fleet, relieved Wake and given the IJN a serious setback and bloody nose. My uncle was in one of the ships in that TF and never understood the reason for turning back.