The Imperial Japanese Navy pretty much lost the War before sailing to Hawaii. You all forget that it was the Code breakers, we have a long tradition of reading peoples mail. Knowing what they were going to do or not do at the operational level assured that Japan would not win, same for Germany. It was the Information Battle that the Allies won early on and well the rest is history. They depended on a quick fight, America would leave the pacific and all would be well for the take over of the Asian land mass. Japan did not have the resorces for a long war, and American Blocking Actions in the first six months foiled them, and by June 5 we when from defence to offence. It all turned on a dime because of some good math guys in a room in the basment of the Department of the Navy.
