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If for some reason Japan during WWII manages to conquer Hawaii (I know its impossible and asb, but lets say they get extrememly lucky for the sake of argument) and blackmails the U.S. in either killing the entire population of Hawaii or negotiations for a status quo plus oil shipments? Would this be enough of a threat to get America into negotiations or would the U.S. consider this as a bluff and keep on going? Remember, Japanese goals of the war was to get oil, not conquer like the Nazis. They were also getting desperate as they began to realize they were getting overstrecthed and was prepared to do almost anything.

Again, I know the IJA can't conquer Hawaii, but want to see if the U.S. could be blackmailed.
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