pacific war

So in 1945 the Soviets had rolled over the Kuril islands and South Sakhalin and the popular interpretation of history has it that Japan surrendered to the US just in time to avoid a Soviet conquest of Hokkaido. So let's say that Japan is determined to fight to the end like Germany. Consensus...

TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1942 HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, 1115 HOURS Ogawa Michiyo was seventeen today, and her father had given her ten yen to spend in one of Hiroshima’s thriving outdoor markets. She had come to her favorite place, the square before the Aioi Bridge over the River Ota, to wander among the...

What are the differences between the ammunitions and parts of Japan and America’s aforementioned guns? Also, are there any sources for the Japanese 40 Type 89 guns? The Wiki doesn’t cooperate with me right now.

As stated in the "Upcoming AH books" thread and after multiple request, my french AH book is know available in English as "At the Edge of the Abyss". After this intial post I'll share you some excerpts. Today the opening pages of Part I about which is about the Pacific War. Next time the...

What if the Japanese sink 2 US carriers, try to invade and get curbstommped on the beaches. The whole Japanese invasion force is lost at a cost of a 36 marines on land. Could the US government still spin this to be a major morale boosting victory? What would the headlines be like? How does the...

As you know OTL Nimitz decided that Midway wasn't worth risking carriers over. The island was small, it was in the middle of nowhere and totally unimportant and so he decided to withdraw the garrison and allow Japan to take it. He also foresaw that the island would cost Japan far more than it...

In the June 19 1944, the IJN Taiho, the newest aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, is struck by a torpedo from the submarine USS Albacore. Thanks to elevator pits placed below the waterline, a chain of events followed that resulted in Taiho blowing up in flames, with only around 500...

Japan didn't turned from a militarized constitutional monarchy into the one party state that caused the pacific war and comitted all the atrocities we know from a day to another, it was a fast process of twenty years with the military grabbing more and more power, making the political...

Lets assume that the European theater of WWII either doesn't happen at all, or is concluded with some peace agreement by the end of 1940 at the latest (if the specific POD matters to the ultimate answer, go with the usual PM Halifax + disaster at Dunkirk cliche scenario). The Second...

Just as the title states, Halsey's doubts regarding the validity of the Peleliu invasion based on the weakening air power of Japan is acknowledged by Nimitz, who promptly scraps Operation Stalemate and bypasses the Peleliu garrison. He then sends the 1st Marine Division as part of the Sixth Army...

Sorry if I should have put this in ASB. I was a bit confused about where to actually place this, so if I wasted a Mods time, well, sorry about that. The Japanese replacement to the Zero never really left the drawing board, and never got combat tested or even really flown at all, even as a...

POD: October of 1944, US Navy deploys carrier variant of the P-59 Airacomet to Leyte Gulf, making it the first jet aircraft deployed to the Pacific Theater, as well as the first allied jet-powered fighter. I have no idea what would happen in this timeline, but it could (theoretically) push jet...

So I did this with Italy a few weeks ago and wanted to have a try with another Axis Power. Basically, what would be some of the worst mistakes that Japan could make throughout the war? Mostly talking about the Second Sino-Japanese War, but you can discuss Pacific War too. Extra points for...

In early Sunday morning 25 August 1940, the unintended ignition has happened in Mobara gas field(1), under murky circumstances. The fire was out of control in a few hours, destroying pumps, storage tanks, and accomodations. Before nightfall, the huge explosions have started to propel the flaming...

"In a statement to the Congressional Committee on Pearl Harbor in 1946, Secretary [of War] Stimson described in stronger terms this conversation with President Roosevelt. He then said that he had told the President on November 28, 1941, that 'the desirable thing to do from the point of view of...

This TL/story is a conglomeration of my own reading and various discussions on this page. I hope all will enjoy it! Year of the Jinx An AH timeline/story by Geon It seemed like something had it out for us from December 7, 1941 until August of 1943. We just couldn’t seem to catch a...

Hi everyone! This is my first time posting here, but I´d like to see your thoughts on this scenario, which I think seems more or less pretty feasible. Though the POD is pre 1900, many of the questions I ask are related to post 1900 consequences, so not sure if this is in the right place...

As it says on the tin, really. What could the British Commonwealth and Empire have done differently in the Pacific War to minimise defeats and maximise victories (i.e. preventing the loss of Singapore, etc.) against the Japanese?

Let's operate off of the assumption that not deploying nuclear weapons against Imperial Japan at the end of WWII would have necessitated either an amphibious invasion or a long and costly blockade/conventional bombing campaign to force their surrender, which I understand to be the assumption...

With a POD after the Pacific war, find a way to restore a coastline to Bolivia.