What if Japan blew up up Pearl Harbor after four waves and destroying the Fuel depot on the island?
What if Japan blew up up Pearl Harbor after four waves and destroying the Fuel depot on the island?
How does one "blow up" a harbour?
How does one "blow up" a harbour?
How does one "blow up" a harbour?
A 3rd attack on POL and Dock facilities etc was possible but it would have been significantly more costly than the other 2 attacks put together and would have required a night landing by the pilots.
There was also the fact that the fleet was operating at its utmost extreme range from a friendly port
I however do believe that it should have been attempted
It would have made very little difference to the war but if your going "All in" then go all in.
Japan loses the war.
What if Japan blew up up Pearl Harbor after four waves and destroying the Fuel depot on the island?
They were have been better off attacking IJA General Headquarters...
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This. Oh a torpedo on the gates might require a year or so to repair, but its in no way unrepairable.Destroying drydocks is difficult. Demolition requires hundreds of tons of high explosives, carefully placed in direct contact with the dry dock. Consider the British raid on the drydock in St. Nazaire. They stuffed HMS Campbellton with high explosives and rammed her into the gates of the dry dock. Meanwhile, hundreds of Commandos ran around looting and pillaging the port facilities. A few hours later, the Campbellton exploded, ruining the dry dock for the rest of the war.
It would have done very limited damage at a great cost in pilots and aircraft, with the former being quite hard for the Japanese to replace.I however do believe that it should have been attempted
Japan wasn't going all-in, they were hoping for a KO.It would have made very little difference to the war but if your going "All in" then go all in.
Maybe a few weeks cumulative, but I don't think much more.Well that's a given, they always lose. Though maybe if they did better at pearl harbor they might add a few more weeks to the war.