The proposed battle line places Willis Lee under Nimitz and pools modern ships from several Allied navies. Its nine ships create a different problem from matching a single national force against the Japanese giants. Dunkerques could remain more useful in European waters rather than joining that concentration. The example depends on later construction and deployment choices, and does not claim that all nine ships were available in December 1941. Its purpose is to show how coalition concentration changes the comparison.
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A combined Allied battle line changes the Yamato comparison
An illustrative fleet combines three Iowas, three Lions, and three Richelieus against four Yamatos.