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Originally Posted by m21sniper
Read the book Shattered Sword. This is all covered in some detail therein, the author's conclusions are quite clear.
You have serious delusions as to the capabilities of the IJA and IJN while simultaneously seriously underrating the US's ability to defend Hawaii.
How could you possibly think that the Japanese could take Hawaii with a mere 4 carriers and a division of infantry (thier practical single sorty amphibious sea lift limit)? It's beyond comprehension.
US Air superiority alone would make the entire notion of a Japanese invasion of Hawaii a total non-starter. It would, in fact, be an operation of pure idiocy. As i said, it would make Sea Lion look like a good idea.
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if the japanese could only land one division, how did they get two on luzon in 41, with armor? we underestimated them then. guess we still do today.
i don't know american strength on the islands at the time. i doubt more than ten percent were combat troops. and there are dozens of islands in a chain over a thousand miles long. were we supposed to defend them all?
still waiting for some explanation of how the navy was supposed to defend the islands, and the sea lanes with nothing that could stand up to the IJN.