To be clear, I don't think anything was going to work for the IJN in 1944. But, between an SLOC strategy and a go-straight-at-TF58 strategy, I'd bet Nimitz would have more heartburn over the SLOC option than the straight up fight.
To be clear, I don't think anything was going to work for the IJN in 1944. But, between an SLOC strategy and a go-straight-at-TF58 strategy, I'd bet Nimitz would have more heartburn over the SLOC option than the straight up fight.