The incredible was true. The second ring of defenses in Japan's Pacific empire was soft.
U.S. admirals had expected to find in the famed landlocked waters of Truk a big piece of the strongest oriental navy since the Turks got licked by Venice & Co. at Lepanto in 1571. Instead the warships found by the Navy's bombers at Truk would scarcely have made a small task force.
Said Navy Secretary Knox: "Our general information was that Truk was one of the strongest bases of the enemy. They withdrew [the fleet] from Truk, there's no doubt about it." And in his opinion "they"...
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