What I did on Thanksgiving
I gathered together with some friends that didn't have any place to be and we played Flat Top, a WWII sea-based wargame. While not incredibly complex, it was extremely detailed, requiring to you track each aircraft and ship. You had to track the aircraft reloading status, whether they were at a high or low altitude, fighter screens and everything.
I played the Japanese Fleet Commander, and commanded 2 Carriers, a Light Carrier, three Battleships and various support and transport vessels up against three American Carriers, a Battleship and support vessels. This was a reenactment of the Battle of Eastern Solomons. My main carrier group and Surface action group hid in a storm, then popped out and launched a strike against the American carrier group. My groups were also sighted at the same time, but his strike concentrated against my battleships. My strike sunk the Saratoga, and we didn't work out his air strike. He shot most of my dive bombers out of the sky, but they did enough damage that the torpedo bombers could finish her off. My light carrier group was right next to the Wasp, and my SAG was within range of his carrier group. Had the game continued, I would have engaged the American groups in a surface battle and would have emerged victorious.
So, I changed the history of the war, but it would only delay the inevitable. With the loss of all three American carriers in the Pacific in 1942, the Japanese could have held on to Guadalcanal, and taken New Guinea. But Japan had no chance at all against the United States in WWII, our economy and resources were several times greater than theirs. We could simply produce more of everything than they could. It was merely a question of time and blood.