They just attacked and retreated from Pearl Harbor. While they did launch offensives across the Pacific, their main mistake was not advancing to mainland America. If the Japanese launched an all out assault on say... San Francisco, they could have captured the city in hours and had a major port to utilize. This is assuming they also sunk all three air carriers assigned to the Pacific Fleet. The Japanese sunk the good majority of the American Pacific Fleet. However, abandoning Hawaii let the U.S. resurrect almost all of the ships sunk, making the attack on Pearl relatively meaningless in terms of military strategy. When you have the ball, you score. The Japanese on the other hand.. dropped the ball and walked away.
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