That should be interesting for Nagumo, abandoning the mission and destroying the entire IJN strategy for weeks or months to come...
It could end up being really, really good for Japan.That should be interesting for Nagumo, abandoning the mission and destroying the entire IJN strategy for weeks or months to come...
KyleB said:Tokyo will try to apologize but America will declare war anyway, and then declare war on Germany.
They will go ahead on schedule, because they were in train when Nagumo sailed. There is no way in hell they're going to be cancelled.KyleB said:Once the US declares war, the attacks on Hong Kong, the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, and Thailand will go as in OTL.
In your dreams.KyleB said:war will start a day or two earlier
Perhaps. More a/c available for Britain, certainly. Also less urgency to get P-38, F4U, & F6F in service.KyleB said:So the war starts with weaker American morale, more battleships (useful for air defense, convoy duty and the Guadalcanal campaign, maybe some will be sent to the Mediterranean), and more fighter aircraft