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Please correct me if i'm wrong. Not most of Japan energy at that time came from coal (and firewood for home use)? They needs of oil mainly for their military machines. Modern equivalent will be Iran attacking the Gulf States, or North Korea attacking South Korea because they can't endure...

Japan already know their enemy strength and weakness. Don't forget Japan and USA had a good relation in 1910-1920s. Yamamoto, Nagumo, Yamaguchi, and Kuribayashi once studied in USA. Japan also know their own strength and weakness. The Pearl Harbour its self is an evident that Japan knew their...

You keep writing "Devastator", not its should be "Dominator"? "Devastator" is the torpedo bomber, right? So, in this TL the Japanese goes north against USSR instead invading the South? I hope they got good tanks this time:D How they manage the lack of oil? USA still give the economic...

I simply trying to say European imperialism over South East Asia nations will be a lot longer if Pacific War didn't happen. I aware this is kind of sensitive issue... but that is my personal opinion.

Because it's not "bulshit"...? Its a war. Like a great US general once said "war is hell". And like a not so great movie script writer once write "war...there is heroes on both side, evil everywhere...."

Certainly nothing that offend you or Korean/Taiwanese as a people. I'm very sorry if my comment seen as an insult to you and your grandparents. Imperial Japanese colonial policy are no joke. They are brutal and savage. In my country many old folk said "it is better to be ruled 350 years under...

Very true... Many Japanese today say that the prosperity of today Japan build on the sacrifice of their forefathers in the Pacific War, but I disagree. If the South East Asia's political activist and freedom fighters were the main pillars of their nations independence, the foundations were no...

In OTL 1960s we receive aid from USA...and USSR...and PRC...and still got the gall to call ourselves Non Aligned nation:D But all those money and technical aid don't jump start us into an prosperous industrial nation:p There are simply too many things to build and reform after the...

Sense of honor and morality always a subjective matter and tend to change over time. But you're definitely right, they do beyond shitty...

USA already have adequate military power in the PI, they even have a fleet of B17s ready to bombard Formosa and Vietnam. Unfortunately this forces not well used in battle. The B17s destroyed on the ground. Finally US Army trapped at Bataan Peninsula and forced to surrender. If the Theater...

I honestly think you overestimate Indonesian:p Honestly, an 1960s Indonesia having their own aircraft carrier, thriving state owned petroleum industry, and local automobile industry is a bit overwhelming:D OTL 1960 Indonesia still struggling with basic needs and illiteracy. Hell, we still...

You know, what if the whole Pacific War just didn't happen... What kind of society Japan and China have in 2000s? Are their cultures will be more traditional Asiatic looking, instead of heavily influenced by European-American influence like OTL? Are European Colonies able to gain...

I fully agree with you... That's the only way to avoid a Japanese Aggression. Japan is a new imperialist nation. They already completing their "Tutorial Level" in Korea and Formosa. Pass "Stage 1" splendidly in the Russo-Japanese War. Clear the "Stage 2" at the Pacific Islands Mandates. They...

I think you (and many others) misunderstand the authority of Japanese Emperor over the government. Even before 1945 Surrender, a Japanese Emperor don't have the same power as Russian Tsar, German Kaiser, or Chinese Emperor. His rule are very indirect, arguably even more indirect than...

Sorry I don't understand... Do you mean, a major uprising in Paris before Normady landing? Well... that is madness. The citizen will be massacred, the city blown up block by block. The prime mover of Warsaw Uprising is the Red Army already days away from the city (only to redirect their...

To make Japan doesn't invade China need a complete revamp of Japanese political structure right from Meiji Restoration. Japan already dominated by military since the Restoration (in a sense Japanese government that rise after the fall of Tokugawa Shogunate is also a Shogunate, but the power...

Bad, very bad... for Japan, that is. Yamamoto choose sneak attacking Pearl Harbour at Sunday morning because thats is the only moment he can beat US Pacific Fleet without major loses to his Mobile Fleet. A minor lose to Kido Butai (and Combined Fleet in general) can be fatal to the strict...

I beg to differ. Imperial Japan can be as jingoistic, racist, and deluded as they can be. Even then, it don't make them stupid and blind. Waging a full scale war against nations that combined might outweight Japan more than 10 times was a completely moronic choice. But they do it after all...

You are right. Japanese excess and atrocities at the Pacific are well beyond the norm of the day. Those brutality maybe can be excused in 17th-19th century, but at mid 20th century everybody consider it as a plain savagery and blunt hypocrisy (Japanese propaganda try to sell the war as a war of...

So, basically the POD is an ASB...? It seems most people can't imagine an Imperial Japan that not wage war against Western Allies... To me personally, going to war was not the only reasonable option for Japan at that time.