Wartime opponents are not owed an artificially even contest. Complaints that the Royal Navy brought multiple ships against Bismarck or that American carrier groups massed against Yamato mistake tactical fairness for moral duty. A commander's obligation is to end the enemy threat quickly while protecting their own service personnel and families, not to offer the enemy an honorable one-on-one fight. The passage presents overwhelming force as both an operational method and a human responsibility.
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Overwhelming force puts personnel before a fair fight
Bismarck and Yamato illustrate why commanders should mass force to end a threat quickly instead of offering an enemy an artificially even contest.