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Hi all
Wanted to throw this open to the forum to see what everyone else thinks.
As some of you may remember I’m currently working on an alt history novel (see: http://www.africareich.com for details).
However, I’ve hit a bit of a brick wall regarding the Pacific theatre. This is the set up of my world: there has been a limited war between Britain and Germany culminating in a peace accord in 1940. Germany then turns east and defeats the Soviet Union. The US remains neutral throughout.
But what would happen with Japan? I’m assuming the British would still fight... but what about America. Can anyone think of a circumstance where the US would NOT fight in the Pacific? Could there have been an alternative to Pearl Harbour (i.e. the US doesn’t declare war afterwards)? Indeed, is there a possibility that Japan might not have attacked Pearl Harbour at all?
Is there any chance that America’s isolationism could have extended to the Pacific?
I’m sure some of you will disagree with my hypothetical European war... but that’s not the key point here. I’m only interested in the Pacific side of things. Would be grateful – and very interested – to get people’s thoughts on this.