A hypothetical Royal Navy attack on Pearl Harbor would probably use Singapore as its theater entry base. Mediterranean forces and ships approaching from the South China Sea would operate from that side of the Pacific. Fast fleet oilers would be especially valuable for sustaining the force over the distance to Hawaii. The accompanying criticism is that converting some fast auxiliaries to amphibious roles sacrificed support that a war against the United States would have required. These are the basing and support assumptions of the counterfactual.
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A Royal Navy attack from Singapore
A British Pearl Harbor operation would likely stage through Singapore and depend on fast oilers to move a carrier force across the Pacific.