DBWI AHC World War II ends when Japan surrenders

I think you would have to speed up the development of the atom bomb and have a quicker soviet advance into germany. That way the nazis get bombed in 1944 instead of 1945... they surrender in 1945 instead of 1946 or maybe even a little earlier if the soviets can advance west of the vistula.

Even though japan held out until 1945, they were a spent force by 1942... to keep them in the fight longer, you would need them to hold on to their empire post 1943 which would require a POD that allows them to succeed in their invasion of Siberia AND the battle of pearl harbor. I cant see a scenario where they dont get curb stomped by the soviets in china and korea and strangled by american air and naval supremacy.
 

FBKampfer

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Easy, pull the Carriers back from Pearl after the initial attacks. The Japanese Admirals' decision to hang around and try to catch the counter-attacking US carriers was a huge mistake.

Sure, US lost Saratoga, Lex, and Yorktown, but Japan lost Akagi, and more importantly Zuikaku. The US would always have been able to outbuild the IJN, but it would have taken time, and with greater naval strength, perhaps their campaigns in Java might have gone smoother, and they would have had more ships to throw into battles to buy time.


Without most of their capital ship fleet sunk, the US might not feel as urgent about the PTO, and Germany wouldn't have held out so long with more US attention on them. Husky might have happened in 43 instead of 44, and D-day in early 44 instead of September.
 
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