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The Midway Island siege thread made me think of an alternate plan by Yamamoto. Given his predilection for complex plans this might just appeal to him.

In this alternate plan assume that the invasion force that originally went to the Aleutians to serve as a diversion is sent to Midway. The IJN carrier strike force in the meantime heads toward Hawaii again with the plan of catching the carriers as they come out of Pearl Harbor to defend Midway. In addition a single wave attack will be launched if possible on Pearl Harbor to take out the fuel tanks and dry docks missed by the 12/7 attacks.

The objective of this alternate plan are as follows.

  1. Sink the remaining U.S. carriers as they sortie from Pearl Harbor to defend Midway.
  2. Damage repair facilities enough to slow repairs of the Pacific Fleet.
  3. Take Midway if feasible. Remember the diversion force is just that a diversion.
How successful/unsuccessful would this Midway variant be?
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