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In Europe, the Allies defeat the Nazis , partition Germany, liberate France, etc.

But in the Pacific, neither the United States nor the Empire of Japan can inflict such a devastating blow that it sends the other side to the negotiating tables to ask for terms.

(let's assume that the nuclear programs of both sides end up going down blind alleys - paths that, only when its too late, do we realize that there's no useful end product from that line of inquiry)

So what do you think will happen after the cease-fire?:


  • Exchange of populations. Japanese-Americans are sent to from the internment camps to the Japanese Empire, American fighters and American-supporting tribes* are sent to the United States.
  • Job limitation. While not shipped to their ancestral home, Japanese-Americans (and possibly other Asian-Americans) would be forbidden from getting certain jobs -- such as law enforcement, military service, possibly even telecommunications.
  • Civil Rights Movement delayed. African-Americans and Asian-Americans alike take longer to get equal rights.
  • Civil Rights Movement advanced. African-Americans manage to get their equal rights earlier than in OTL.
  • No Cold War. With the US and USSR and Empire of Japan, things don't become as polarized as they did in OTL.
  • Cold War. The difference from OTL is only that there's one more player, one who dominates the north Pacific and zealously guards it.
Would the Empire of Japan get a seat on the United Nations' Security Council?

Who would the Empire court as prospective allies?

Will the US stay out of a Korean War that's fought between Japan and Russia?


* = an example from the Vietnam War in OTL would be the Hmong, who provided vital support.
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