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To: ArrogantBustard
Japan would have had to defeat the land based air forces based on Hawaii. They would have the use of a base at Midway and carrier aircraft. Good luck with that.

US submarines and land based aircraft could have probably isolated and starved a garrison on Midway.

40 posted on 06/05/2012 2:14:11 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Obamanomics-We don't need your stinking tar sands oil, we'll just grow algae.)
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To: Former Proud Canadian

US would have had to supply Hawaii at the end of a very long logistical train. IJN submarines would have had the use of Midway as a base. Of course, Japan would have had to supply Midway ...


44 posted on 06/05/2012 2:17:11 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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