Depots
Yards
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Yamamoto again, when he realized immediately after Pearl Harbor that instead of withdrawing from the area, they should have launched a third strike to take out the fuel depots and repair yards.
- It is also implied that Death Stars function as the support facilities (repair and refit docks, construction yards, supply/weapons/fuel depots, and so on) for their own support and screening fleet.
Source: Unnecessarily Large Vessel - The reasoning is simple: Enemy forces can't attack your forces if they don't have fuel, ammunition, food, water, spare parts... Yamamoto, after Pearl Harbor, considered it one of his greatest mistakes to not launch a 3rd attack wave against Pearl Harbor's maintenance yards and fuel storage depots.
Source: Easy Logistics
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