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  1. Would Japan surrender conditionally without an invasion or atomic bombs?

    That sounds like a contradiction.

  2. Would Japan surrender conditionally without an invasion or atomic bombs?

    In addition to what others have said, I'll point out that the ideas for a settlement that did emerge from the Japanese government during the war tended to involve retaining a lot of their pre-war empire and still being allowed to wage war in China. Even if the US dropped its requirement for...

  3. WI: Someone tries to colonize Japan.

    At the same time, the debt trap happens when governments lack the ability to raise revenue internally for necessary improvements. Japan was more or less unique among non-Western countries in its ability to trade with the West on its own terms and develop without need for extensive loans or...

  4. What if Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Siam?

    The distance alone would make resupply difficult. And that's before you take monsoon season into consideration.

  5. Zimmermann telegram and USW are fake and staged by Britain

    I guess to be fair US news from Germany was effectively controlled by the Entente while the war was still on, so not sure what channels Zimmerman's confirmation was received by at the time.

  6. Zimmermann telegram and USW are fake and staged by Britain

    And as the points of potential failure multiply, the pressure on everyone involved in this gigantic conspiracy to break ranks and try and stop the madness will only grow. Conspiracies are hard.

  7. Zimmermann telegram and USW are fake and staged by Britain

    You need a ton of discipline to pull this off and keep it a secret. I doubt such a risky and high-level initiative goes forward without Cabinet approval, so just from the start you need all of them to, at a minimum, not squeal about this insanely risky proposal to attack neutral civilian targets...

  8. No Russian conquest of Central Asia

    Ismail I tried spreading Shia Islam everywhere he went in the early 1500s, and was extremely ruthless in doing so. It doesn't seem to have been particularly successful outside modern-day Iran, Iraq and Azerbaijan, and Ismail's successors toned it back a lot. Shia's served to isolate Iran from...

  9. W/I Japan invaded the Philippines during the Spanish-American war?

    Projecting Japan's 1930s globe-spanning ambitions back decades if not centuries is, like, half of the Japan-focused WI's around here.

  10. W/I Japan invaded the Philippines during the Spanish-American war?

    I don't think the Americans would be so myopic as to not consider the next steps here. If Japan is willing to jump on the Spanish with no casus belli and seize key territories on the South China Sea, that raises a ton of questions about Japan's ultimate intentions towards China and its lucrative...

  11. WI: RMS Titanic collides with SS New York during departure.

    Name like that, it should’ve been.

  12. REDUX: Place In The Sun: What If Italy Joined The Central Powers?

    "Great Scott, even YOU know it!" is an underrated burn.

  13. REDUX: Place In The Sun: What If Italy Joined The Central Powers?

    Metaphorically. Wasn't saying you need to change your tactics or anything.

  14. REDUX: Place In The Sun: What If Italy Joined The Central Powers?

    The British won't keep attacking forever, though. And once they call it quits at Ypres, you no longer get the benefits of the tactical defensive anywhere since the French will also be trying to consolidate their position. But you still might be able to take advantage of the allies no longer...

  15. REDUX: Place In The Sun: What If Italy Joined The Central Powers?

    That may be true on a tactical level, but what about the operational picture? The British are still attacking the Germans at Ypres regardless. But if the French are unwilling to go on the offensive after this, you can commit more to pushing Haig back without fearing the French taking advantage...

  16. REDUX: Place In The Sun: What If Italy Joined The Central Powers?

    Doesn't it make more sense to hit the British if possible? Even in this state the French won't just lie down and die if under attack themselves.

  17. REDUX: Place In The Sun: What If Italy Joined The Central Powers?

    Yes, but weasel_airlift was suggesting inciting mutinies on purpose in the future under the guise of negotiations.

  18. What Would Have Been the Reaction if Britain Had Executed the American Revolutionaries?

    The obvious answer would be to look at the various Irish uprisings.

  19. What Would Have Been the Reaction if Britain Had Executed the American Revolutionaries?

    I guess one important question is exactly how many people are getting hanged here. Not like the Continental Congress members were the only people rebelling.

  20. Japan wins Battle of Midway, U.S. settles with Japan, U.S. helps to defeat Nazis by ‘44, but . . . long Cold War with Japan.

    This would not be one of them, because a war with Japan would still be quite winnable even after a defeat at Midway.
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