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What if Japan, instead of opening up to foreign trade decided to fight the American expedition sent to Japan and maintain it's isolationist attitude to the bitter end if need be?


Let's say they get really lucky and win, killing Commodore Perry and destroying/capturing the four ships in his fleet. How would the US respond? As for how they'd do this I was thinking of using frogmen or sabotage. Failing that, an accidental boiler explosion on one of the ships could throw the whole fleet into chaos and give the Japanese the opportunity to win.
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