Was the Pearl Harbor attack flawed ?

Why didn't the Japanese try to invade and occupy Pearl Harbor with assault troops? Would it have been feasible?

 

That dead horse has been thoroughly pulverized over in the What If section of Axis History Forum.

 

I doubt they could have gotten an invasion force close to PH without being spotted either. One of the factors in the PH raid was that we knew where the IJN battlefleet was and a lot of their transport.

 

Some rough calculations estimate about sixty ships just to support that one operation, had it happened.

 

Thanks, All. This is really, clear useful information and puts to rest something I've encountered sort of obliquely over the past 30 odd years. It would have been an interesting battle: 2 well entrenched US Infantry divisions, backed up with tunnel rail guns, heavy artillery and some Stewart tanks with a well considered plan of defense in depth, secure communications and solid supply lines vs. a juggernaut that's stock and trade was having its troops appear where and when you least expect them.

 

Consider also that Japanese invasion doctrine was not to assault defended beaches and that they had little or perhaps better to say no real doctrine for naval fire support particularly if IJA forces. I seam to recall that not many of the beaches were well suited for landings but that could easily be off.