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What would be awkward is if the Japanese go for the Coral Sea option. Presuming intel tells the USN what they will be facing are they going to try facing it, with what force? They would need to send more than 2CV but that could leave them very weak if things go badly wrong as it might. Also would the US ask the RN for help? Think this might well be likely if there is enough warning as the RN could reach that area and since it would be Britain/Australian colonies and supply lines at sake. However the timing could be difficult.
OTL one of the Admiralty's worst decisions in WWII came up at this time.
[Admiral King was forced to ask the British to send one or more of their three carriers then operating off the Southwest African coast to go to the Coral Sea ASAP to act as a diversion for Midway (this was after the Battle of the Coral Sea). That someone as proud as King was prepared to go begging for favors from the British was a true measure of the crisis facing the US Navy in the events coming up to Midway. That the Admiralty refused him was a humiliation he never forgave, After the help the US Navy was sending to fight the U-Boats, as well as the deployment of the USS Wasp to help defend Malta, this refusal seemed nothing less than churlish. It was a mistake that Churchill later regretted when he realized how far it had set the unforgiving Ernest J. King against the British.]
The above paragraph is a paraphrasing from John Costello's "The Pacific War".
The reason given was that the Royal Navy feared a Japanese invasion of Madagascar, and deployed the Indian Ocean Fleet there. So while the USN was fighting the whole Imperial Japanese Navy, the British were desperately engaged with one midget submarine. Not one of the Royal Navy's prouder moments.
This time, with God's (and Astrodragon's) help, its going to be different.
stevep said:I'm far less certain about RN support for a Midway battle. That's even less likely than the idea of US carriers operating from Singapore in support of the vital Japanese targets as it would be difficult to get British ships there from Singapore in time and they would be somewhat lacking in support. This would be the best bet that the IJN should go for either Midway or the south as it would ensure fighting only one enemy.
Steve
As said, even King didn't think OTL they could help at Midway. Coral Sea, OTOH