December 7th 1941, it was a date that would forever be etched into not only
the generation of Americans alive in 1941, but for all the countless
generations that would follow it. It was the day that America came abruptly
and brutally to the realization that it could no longer stand by and watch
Europe and the rest of the world become enflamed in conflict. It was the day
that America was forced to enter the greatest war history had ever known at
that time for the survival of Europe, America was forced to fight for its
survival.



At the time no one realized what the cost of victory over the Axis powers
would be, no one realized what the cost in American lives would be to
reclaim Oahu or the Pacific, or free Britain and the rest of Western Europe
from the tyranny of the Nazis, or even the cost of American lives for
freeing Russia from Axis occupation. On that hazy Sunday so many years ago,
America and her citizens were living in a time of innocence, that innocence
was shattered with Japanese Aircraft destroying the Pacific Fleet in Pearl
Harbor. The Battleships were but the first victims of the Pacific War, the
Enterprise, the Saratoga quickly joined the American list of losses. The
losses of the Enterprise and Saratoga meant that Lexington was the last
remaining carrier in the Pacific as the Yorktown had been sent to the
Atlantic fleet to assist in the Royal Navy in combat operations against the
Kriegsmarine.



The Jacksonville, the Washington, the Iowa, the Lexington and many more
ships like them were to become endeared to history, fighting against all
odds to secure victory against the Axis Alliance. American Sailors and
Marines would fight against tremendous odds and eventually take back
Japanese Fortification on Oahu, Midway, Wake, and a thousand other islands.
The world has never seen valor like was displayed in those years. We are
getting a head of ourselves here discussing the ending of war, to fully
understand the conflict that was the Second World War we should go back to
it's darkest days, Mid December, 1941, when the Pacific Fleet was scrambling
to rebuild itself, and Soldiers, Marines and Resistance fighters were
fighting the Japanese Invasion of Oahu.



In those days, the American 1st Fleet had been wiped out by the Japanese
Attack on Pearl Harbor. The American 2nd Fleet had been reorganized in San
Diego, and the USS Jacksonville, being on of the only ships to survive the
destruction of the 6th Fleet was made Flagship of US 2nd Fleet. Several
Battleships were being rushed out of the dockyards, the Iowa Class
Battleships were due in 12-20 months to be on the front line, with the Iowa
and Missouri going to the Pacific and New Jersey and Wisconsin heading to
the Atlantic. There were even rumors of a new super battleship, Kentucky
Class that was being planned to avenge Oahu. For the navy officers in the
Pacific it was what they had secretly hoped for, a Big God Damned Navy War.



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1) The American Second Fleet, departed San Diego under the escort of Admiral
Halsey and the USS Lexington. Fighting 8, Torpedo 8, and VFM-214 "Black
Sheep" are launching to prevent a Japanese Air Attack. While the
Jacksonville, Northampton, and other surface ships are engaged by a joint
Japanese / German fleet consisting of a Tone CA, Hipper CA, and Sendai CL



2) PM Winston Churchill is making preparations to evacuate the British
Isles, to save the BEF, and fight on in exile as Germany prepares to invade
in March.



3) The Marines and 24th Infantry Division have stolen some PT Boats, and
rejoined the American S-47, currently commanded by USMC 1st Lieutenant
Matthew Vinnick



4) Colonel Doolittle is starting preparations for his raid, this time not on
Tokyo, but Honolulu.



5) The British are preparing to launch a recon mission to Palmyra, to see
why the Germans are deploying Waffen SS Troops there



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