so would the compromise be "The Naval Base of Pearl Harbor sent back up ships to midway and surprised the Japanese. The Japanese did not have sufficient defenses and the losses were terrible for them." for the bombing of pearl harbor?
No. That's a counter attack.
ohhh ok
It also came much later in the war. The war was a result of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, not a compromise at all.
https://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1509211174#1509211174.1509213188
Did you read this that Reed posted for you? He's absolutely correct. After the attack, there were no more compromises!
My mother and grandmother used to refer to the black-out conditions in Los Angeles about 13 months and more after the Pearl Harbor attack. The scare didn't go away easily.