on December 6th 1941 the various services of the war department, aided by yankee common sense and highly suspiciously pacific Japanese behavior, as well as our not knowing where their main fleet in being was, place all of our Pacific possesion on a war footing.
Every base from The Philipise to Pearl to Wake went on Alert and, if defense was untenable prepared for evacuation.
When the Kido Butai presented themselves near Pearl they were sighted by recon plane "Strawberry five and the Military assets at Pearl Harbor, Wheeler Field Hickham field and diamondhead point were revved up.
The battle of Polynesia was one for the books and what remained of the Kido Butai was sent running.
We declared war two days later and from that point on, the U.S> was in the fight.
My question is, what would have happened if we had bought their bullcrap and actually BELIEVED their endless entreaties about peace, when we knew they wanted the entire Pacific?
Every base from The Philipise to Pearl to Wake went on Alert and, if defense was untenable prepared for evacuation.
When the Kido Butai presented themselves near Pearl they were sighted by recon plane "Strawberry five and the Military assets at Pearl Harbor, Wheeler Field Hickham field and diamondhead point were revved up.
The battle of Polynesia was one for the books and what remained of the Kido Butai was sent running.
We declared war two days later and from that point on, the U.S> was in the fight.
My question is, what would have happened if we had bought their bullcrap and actually BELIEVED their endless entreaties about peace, when we knew they wanted the entire Pacific?