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** The Germans didn't have it all their way in Europe; upon being told that he'd been hit by British tanks during a more vulnerable moment during the German attack, which turned out to be two British tank brigades, the German general initially believed he'd been hit by ''five divisions''.
* As mentioned in the example for ''[[Tora! Tora! Tora!]]'', the Pearl Harbor raids had a few examples of this, be it AA gunners successfully shooting down attacking planes, or the seven Army Air Corps planes making it up into the air to engage the enemy. It wasn't enough to make a difference, but at least they tried.
** A bigger victory for the Americans was actually a case of good luck
* The American defense of Wake Atoll. The Japanese hit it later on the same day as the Pearl Harbor attack. That is, they '''began''' hitting it then; it took another two weeks for the IJN to overwhelm a single battalion of US Marines and a Marine fighter squadron -- even though most of the fighter planes were already destroyed in the first attack. The first attempt was led by one brand-new light cruiser and featured two older cruisers, six destroyers, and several transports. The second assault included '''two fleet carriers and six heavy cruisers''' as well as more destroyers and transports, with orders to take Wake '''no matter what the cost'''. When taking the island back at the end of the war, a USN officer stated that, "It was here the Marines showed us how."
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