Destroying Hawaii's naval infrastructure and personnel could have delayed the United States by another year or more, because the losses would include codebreakers, engineers, repair capacity, and ships that historically returned to service. In the possible Allied response, surviving U.S. forces might regroup with the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean, while Force Z and British carrier deployments could change. The discussion treats a base as a concentration of institutional knowledge, as well as a collection of hulls.
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What total destruction at Pearl Harbor would cost
The Pearl Harbor counterfactual expands from lost hulls to intelligence teams, repair specialists, base facilities, and an earlier Royal Navy role in the Far East.