What if Japan had successfully invaded Hawaii?

What if, during WW2, Japan landed in Hawaii and took control of it? Ik it would have been impossible for this to happen due to the US navy presence, but what if it did? What if the Japanese somehow pulled it off with some sort of master planning, spies, or something happening that would have deterred the US navy away from the area? How would the US retaliate? How would people of both sides react? Would this change the war even in the slightest?
 
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What if, during WW2, Japan landed in Hawaii and took control of it? Ik it would have been impossible for this to happen due to the US navy presence, but what if it did? What if the Japanese somehow pulled it off with some sort of master planning, spies, or something happening that would have deterred the US navy away from the area? How would the US retaliate? How would people of both sides react? Would this change the war even in the slightest?

If they commit the resources needed to even make a serious attempt to take and hold Hawaii they won't have the resources to take the NEI oil fields and hold them. Those oil fields were the primary target, Pearl was a necessary side mission to make it feasible.

The Carriers attacking Pearl Harbour were apparently barely able to get back to their oilers without running out and having to be towed - what would you use to do that? - and their ammo magazines were less than 50% full. Japan just couldn't supply more and still be able to perform the primary mission.
 

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There have been multiple discussions on a Hawaiian invasion, including this most recent one:

https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...pearl-harbor-as-an-invasion-of-hawaii.424093/

Which includes links to other discussions, including this webpage from the CombinedFleet.com website:

http://www.combinedfleet.com/pearlops.htm

User Shadow Master has a thread going in the ASB forum discussing the logistics of a HI invasion here:

https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/invasion-hawaii-discussion-thread.424516/
 
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