What if the Japanese invaded Hawaii

Hatsuyo wrote:

The Japanese started off very well compared to the Americans. Yamamoto knew his stuff about the American war capeabilties. Six months Japan had to run wild. At least under that were used by Japan in WWII, but an invasion of Hawaii and later Midway would change that number. Yamamoto would of pushed for a treaty, I also want to mention that Yamamoto is my hero by the way, now why should America accept this. Well help to the British and Russians would be more limited for one. America had a Germany first plan. A pacific plan would require time, time the British and Russians may not of had.

The United States wouldn't have surrendered with Hawaii and Midway falling. By the time Midway was fought, the US had hundreds of ships in production. They were in the war for the long-term. You simply don't sucker punch the United States and expect to get away with it.

If the Japanese honestly thought that the Americans would sue for peace, they thought incorrectly. Before the war, there was some minor German support in America--there was no such support for the Japanese.

Yamamoto was a brilliant comander--part of the reason why the USA risked shooting him down (and thus risking the Japanese finding out about the Americans reading Japanese transmissions) was because Yamamoto was skilled. And he was entirely correct, after six months, the Japanese were pretty much on the defensive for the rest of the war.

The Japanese never had the capability to invade the United States, take the Panama Canal, or even threaten Mainland Alaska/Canada. Even if they had taken Midway and Hawaii, they would not have had this ability. American determination and production put together was more than enough to overcome the Japanese determination and production.

Nil wrote:

ComradeDTAII wrote:

I heard somewhere that if the Japanese invaded the American mainland than they would push them all the way to Detroit before the US could mount a counter attack.

Where did you hear this outrageous claim? It is completely false by the way.

I think I remember hearing that in a movie, possibly "Pearl Harbor".

KurtSurge wrote:

Nil wrote:

ComradeDTAII wrote:

I heard somewhere that if the Japanese invaded the American mainland than they would push them all the way to Detroit before the US could mount a counter attack.

Where did you hear this outrageous claim? It is completely false by the way.

I think I remember hearing that in a movie, possibly "Pearl Harbor".

Laugh! I've never seen Pearl Harbor, but I've heard that it's a horrible movie filled with errors.

A wonderful movie that stayed true to both sides (Japanese and American) is 'Tora! Tora! Tora!'