[Gnomey]

I agree with spidge, although the air attacks were successful they were not as successful as they could of been. In my opinion the Japanese could of landed troops in Hawaii whether or not they could of achieved anything is debatable although I suspect not, against 50,000 US troops (majority would of been Green), looking at how the Marines defended Wake Island against overwhealming superiority of the Japanese. The defense of Hawaii would of been similar but with a much greater number of troops on the American's side and a more even weight of forces (probably in favour of the American's). This would of resulted in a costly Japanese victory that would of affected the later land campaigns because of the losses sustained.