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Originally Posted by Dread Knot
Of course, one political drawback might be no declaration of war by Hitler after seeing his ally in the Pacific getting an embarrassing thumping early on. That puts Roosevelt over a barrel in Congress, trying to get involved in the war in Europe, while one is already raging in the Pacific.
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True but Hitler might be insane enough to still declare war. As for Nagumo retreating he'd have no choice but to fight it out at that point. He'd know that it couldn't be a coincidence that there are American carriers waiting for him on his flank.