BOB URZ writes:

I have often wondered. Given a 24 hour advanced notice that an attack
was eminent in 72 hours or less, what would have been the outcome at
Pearl Harbor? Say on dec 6, Pearl was given intel that an attack would
come anytime in the next 72 hours.

What could have been done differently to affect the outcome?

If the fleet had been dispersed, the attackers might have gone
after the fuel storage area. If I recall, it was mostly above ground.


http://www.cpf.navy.mil/pearlharbor/...ilability.html


During the attack on Pearl Harbor, the fuel tank farm at
the Pearl Harbor Navy Supply Depot was a strategic target
that was extremely vulnerable but was not attached and
remained undamaged through two waves of bombing.

This tank farm held the entire fuel oil supply for the
United States Pacific Fleet. A single bomb could have
destroyed over four and a half million barrels of oil and
would have prolonged the war for years, according to Admiral
Chester Nimitz.
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