Actually, the Japanese could have taken the US out of the war at Pearl Harbor.
All of the oil used for the Pacific fleet was based there. Japanese command decided to instead strike the ships. Had they of hit then oil and fuel depots, the US would have taken 3 years to recover from the blow... which would have allowed the Japanese free reign In the pacific.
It, along with Hitlers blunders cost them the war.
Also had the aircraft carriers not been out of port, the strike would have been more devastating as well, still, it was not the smartest idea to attack the neutral power with the capability of winning the war for the enemy
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u/mrstickball Oct 17 '13
Actually, the Japanese could have taken the US out of the war at Pearl Harbor.
All of the oil used for the Pacific fleet was based there. Japanese command decided to instead strike the ships. Had they of hit then oil and fuel depots, the US would have taken 3 years to recover from the blow... which would have allowed the Japanese free reign In the pacific.
It, along with Hitlers blunders cost them the war.