Japan's Doomed Plans to Invade and Occupy Hawaii (Keeping Track of a Rapidly Changing World)

Описание: Japan's Doomed Plans to Invade and Occupy Hawaii; What Did They Hope to Achieve (Keeping Track of a Rapidly Changing World). The hosts for this show were Jay Fidell and Shackley Raffetto. The guest was Michael Lilly.

The discussion was: Japan’s greatest blunder of World War II, and perhaps the worst strategic military mistake in history, was its attack on Pearl Harbor. But could it have saved that blunder by invading and occupying Hawaii? Indeed, Capt Lilly asks the question – was its failure to do so another strategic mistake?

Japan had had its eye on Hawaii since the 1870s and even started arguing about invading the islands in the 1890s. Part of the reason Hawaii was hastily annexed was America’s concerns about Japan’s intentions. Throughout the 20th century up to 1943, the idea of Japan invading and occupying Hawaii were debated and advocated in novels, war games, and Japanese strategic thinking.

Yamamoto, the architect of Pearl Harbor, argued in 1928 that in any future war Japan should invade Hawaii. Three U.S. war games in the 1930s, called Fleet Problems, demonstrated conclusively that Japan would have succeeded in attacking Pearl Harbor (and perhaps invading Hawaii). While U.S. planners failed to take heed, Japan relied on the results of the Fleet Problems in planning the attack.

While those around Yamamoto argued the attack should be followed by invasion, Yamamoto decided against it – until two days after the attack when he realized his mistake and ordered that invasion plans be drawn up. Midway was to be the opening gambit of encirclement and invasion of Hawaii. Was invasion feasible? Could Japan have held Hawaii and conducted its operations in Southeast Asia? Historian and retired Navy Captain Lilly explores these issues.

The takeaway was: We should examine Japan's plans to invade and occupy Hawaii in 1941, as a precautionary tale of what could happen in a world where sovereignty means less than before.

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