sino japanese war

Scenario: Japan has never entered into WW2, but has continued fighting the nationalists into the 50's. now the population is war weary and even the emperor is directly demanding a resolution to the conflict. how does japan extrapolate itself from the conflict and what gains does it demand from...

In 1883, the French had been trying to gain alliance with the Japanese against China to help their war in Vietnam, but at that time the Japanese were averse to the idea of jumping into a conflict with China. As time went on though the Japanese attitude began to shift, especially after the failed...

Pre 1900 POD's: Less if any Alsace Lorraine gains in Franco-Prussian War No Spanish-American war. I'm making a TL that starts out in the U.S. but ends up encompassing the world later on. TTL WW1 is a lot different so to speak, and I'd like feedback as to plausibility and what the result of...

What if the Spanish American war never happened? How long would Spain be able to keep their territories? Would they rise up for independence? Would a compromise happen? If America never held the Philippines would Japan still bomb Pearl Harbour? Would America enter the war later? Without bases in...

So we know the Qing empire was the "Sick man of Asia" and Japan took the title of the Asian Power after the First Sino-Japanese war. Japan would later win the Russo-Japanese war in 1905, defeating a major western power. Now One thing when learning about the Russo-Japanese war, was why didn't...

What would change about history if the 2nd Sino-Japanese War became popularly referred to by the Chinese as a Holy War sometime after the US enters the war (to prevent the US Neutrality Act from affecting them by an earlier declaration)? This question came up for me when I had an epiphany while...

From what I have read, Sino-German relations were growing at a phenomenal rate during the period of the Weimar Republic, with the German government sending military advisers to China to aid the Kuomintang government against the communist insurgency in the hinterlands. The relations were even...

What if the unit 731 discovered Napalm in 1938? Could this made Japan defeat china, or would only makes the conflict worse with the same results? What about the war against the allies in pacific?