A new day in naval warfare had finally dawned. With no American fleet power in the Pacific, the Japanese were free to rampage throughout the Pacific, taking the vital oil supplies they desperately needed from the Dutch East Indies, while securing themselves a defensive perimeter against whatever counter attack would come. You need to look at it from a 1941 view when Germany held all of Europe and was just outside Moscow. Worried about school sho[…]It is an interesting idea, but there are a couple issues I see with Japan invading Hawaii. It was during these attacks, that US soldiers discovered the horrific nature of the Japanese, as they found the remains of US soldiers who had surrendered. As the IJA was preparing for a move against Honolulu, the High Command of Hawaii agreed that they would be unable to hold Honolulu against a Japanese attack and thought it best to surrender in order to spare the inhabitants and the city itself. Most of the pagan worshippers were dead by then, though many people combined ancient Hawaiian religion with Christianity.
And again, what idiot leader would try to occupy an Island 4,000 miles beyond it's front lines with the American coast only 2,500 miles away?What if simultaneously while the surprise attack were going on the Japanese had started landing thousands of men on Hawaiian shores, do you think they could have taken it and even if forced off later managed to thoroughly destroy and ships, fuel, aircraft and other equipment that could have been used to their advantage?Well yeah, the whole idea of a Japanese bombing attack on Pearl Harbor was lunacy. They'd gambled greatly and won. As the IJA was preparing for a move against Honolulu, the High Command of Hawaii agreed that they would be unable to hold Honolulu against a Japanese attack and thought it best to surrender in order to spare the inhabitants and the city itself. But unknown to the Japanese, American morale had collapsed.
Discussing the outcome of a what-if is pointless if the basis for the scenario in the first place is flawed. Not pausing to regroup, the Japanese pushed on. Losing Haleiwa air field, giving the As 1942 began, the US Army was having difficulty trying to form a defensive line like the one they had at the As the US Army continued to withdraw, many soldiers started retreating on their own, rather than waiting for the order much to the fury of their officers. You can't look at the Pearl Harbor attack with a 1946 view. They invaded and took some of the Aleutians. After the sinking of the Enterprise, the Japanese were not satisfied. Following the direction from the US fighters, they quickly found the US carrier and attacked. Elsewhere, the Japanese kept out flanking the Americans, forcing them back until they finally withdrew into Honolulu itself. Japan wanted the US to be a non-factor so they could negotiate keeping most of Asia when the armistice was negotiated with Germany.If you assumed that the United States was going to enter the war in a matter of months, which was a pretty good assumption in the 2nd half of 1941, The first strike came at Pearl Harbor, damaging and destroying a number of battleships there. Time after time, the US was forced to withdraw. The Zeroes engaged the Enterprise's combat air patrols (CAP) while the attack planes dove in. The instant Pearl came under attack, the US Carrier force under command of Admiral After defeating the first wave from the Enterprise, the Japanese quickly deduced the location of the carrier and sent a strike force to destroy it. What if Japan invaded Hawaii during WWII? I agree with Bill … While the fleet battle raged, the Invasion of Hawaii was launched at Waimea Bay.
However for the people of Hawaii, the surrender was the beginning of two years of harsh treatment for them, but more forcefully the US forces who surrendered on the islands. The second strike hit more military targets and sank a battleship trying to escape, blocking the harbor. Federal judge's son killed, husband shot at N.J. home. With two carriers sunk, what was left of the US fleet withdrew to the safety of the US West coast, leaving the skies of Hawaii ruled by the Japanese. After capturing the small part of the island, the Allies, then, plan for Operation Coronet: the invasion of Honshu; or the main island of Japan. That's not what the evid[…] You don't seem to have any counter argument, just[…] I’m not the one claiming that Blacks aren’t as in[…] If Japan Invaded Hawaii. The Japanese struck with a force of six fleet carriers and an invasion force of two Infantry divisions. They'd gambled greatly and won.
The first phase of the invasion involved a massive coordinated air strike against US military targets on Hawaii, followed up by the first major naval battle in the Pacific. For they'd want the Russian divisions kept there to prevent the Japanese ploughing resources into the fighting on Hawaii! The battle had only lasted a few hours and neither ship had seen each other. Their forces had been depleted by the rapid advances and withdrawing defence of the enemy. But there are some issues that I'd like to talk about.