主题：【原创】石油―――太平洋战争中日本致命的软肋 -- 忘情

夏威夷是美國至東南亞間除了荷屬東印外最大的儲油設施。夏威夷最大的作用是油站及補給站。

美國軍方評價日本當年的失策的文章笑稱日方只著重戰艦等武器，純屬近視行為。如果當年他們只毀掉夏威夷的儲油及泊於珍珠港內那數艘太平洋艦隊的油補給船而對太平洋艦隊其他艦隻一毫不損，太平洋艦隊都要打道回美國西岸。

至於夏威夷外，盟軍當年在東南亞的儲油是極惡劣的。

The state of Allied oil supplies in the rest of the Pacific theater was extremely poor. ....... A sampling of four other ports in the Pacific highlights this problem. Brisbane had 12,000 tons of fuel available in January 1941, Sydney and Melbourne both had 8,000, and Port Moresby had none. Other bases, in the Netherlands East Indies, for example, could not be counted on for oil supplies because of their proximity to Japanese airpower and imminent Japanese invasion.

Once the Japanese seized the oilfields in the Netherlands East Indies and Burma, they eliminated all potential oil supplies in the Pacific between the Americas and the Middle East. (90)

日本當年真的是買櫝還珠！！