Meaning what, exactly?
What is the path to victory after my hypothetical? War Plan Orange was in existence (more or less) for 20 years prior to 1941, and it was followed (more or less).
How do you define victory? This is what MAD is all about. Anyone who vaporizes five American carriers (assuming they would be together, which is never the case) will suffer massive retaliation, including nuclear weapons. When you cross that line, the dogs of war are set loose and no one is immune from massive destruction.
We have war gamed all kinds of scenarios. War Plan Orange was before the nuclear age and proliferation.