basically if Japan was smart, she would have left the US and the USSR the hell alone, stayed out of mainland China with the exception of Manchukuo, and seized the islands (HK, Hainan). Maybe seize Singapore/Malaya/Dutch East Indies.
she would have gotten all the resources she wanted, and then slowly play divide-and-conquer with China without fear of a US embargo. which is essentially what she was doing in the 1920s-early 30s before the militarists started to believe their own propaganda.
she would have gotten all the resources she wanted, and then slowly play divide-and-conquer with China without fear of a US embargo. which is essentially what she was doing in the 1920s-early 30s before the militarists started to believe their own propaganda.
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