OK we know after the fact that Halsey cased down a bunch of decoy ships. What some people don't look at was the fact that he nor anyone else in the allied side knew they were decoys. We had no spy network in Japan and had no idea what their status was. He was the commander on site and he made a decision based on knowledge before japan surrendered. IMO he should have stayed where he was and continued the mission. What the Navy did know was that Japan had several apparently strong fleets. We didn't know that the carriers were devoid of aircraft. They did know that there had been very little surface action so therefore battle ships and cruisers were not deem a huge threat. Do I think Halsey was after the glory of destroying the Japanese carriers? Sure! But he was going after what he considered the biggest threat too. Knowing that he had retreating battle ships on one side and a carrier force on the other was part of that decision. Kinda hard to fault him without having been there in his position. IMO he should have followed orders. That was his error. But on the other hand our military allows and did allow senior commanders some latitude on that so they could respond to new threats or drastically changed situations.
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