Japan carved up after WWII

DMA

Hapsburg said:
Bah. American children are ornery little monsters, especially if they're an only-child; they're horrible brats.

Is should know. I am one. :D
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Well I've been both a little Aussie mongrel as well as a high school teacher. And I reckon one little Aussie mongrel is equal to five ornery little American monsters any day barring firearms & nuclear weapons
 
Dan1988

Dan1988

DMA said:
Fair enough ;)

Still. If the Soviets really wanted to, within days of the surrender, they could have grabbed Hokkaido with little effort (along with North Korea).

Obviously the Americans could have grabbed Honshu & Shikoku, whilst Britain/Commonwealth took Kyushu as there isn't much left. And lastly China could have grabbed Formosa, akin to OTL, & say South Korea...
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richie42 said:
We could give Australia the island of Kyushu, New Zealand could get Shikoku, much of Honshu could be given to the South American/Middle Eastern allies, where the U.S. still has the northern tip of it, and much of Hokkaido.
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I like this idea. I'll see if I can make a map out of this.

EDIT: I'm emphazing what I'm using in the map in bold. If you're confused about the British/Commonwealth bit - the way I'm seeing it is that Australia and New Zealand do civilian administration, whilst everything else (such as military) is done by the UK and her Commonwealth allies.
 
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Dan1988

Dan1988

OK, here's my attempt at a map. The "British/Commonwealth" zone is roughly like in OTL, as is the American Zone (on Honshu). However, the difference is simple. Whist the "Imperial capital" is still Tokyo, the American zone is run out of Kyoto, whilst the British/Commonwealth zone has its joint command HQ at Fukuoka (Hiroshima and Nagasaki having been blown up, and are in their zone). The Soviets and Chinese have their zones as outlined above, with the exception that China annexes Taiwan and makes it a province. I don't know what to do about the Ryuku islands (represented by Okinawa), though.

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DMA

Dan1988 said:
OK, here's my attempt at a map. The "British/Commonwealth" zone is roughly like in OTL, as is the American Zone (on Honshu). However, the difference is simple. Whist the "Imperial capital" is still Tokyo, the American zone is run out of Kyoto, whilst the British/Commonwealth zone has its joint command HQ at Fukuoka (Hiroshima and Nagasaki having been blown up, and are in their zone). The Soviets and Chinese have their zones as outlined above, with the exception that China annexes Taiwan and makes it a province. I don't know what to do about the Ryuku islands (represented by Okinawa), though.

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Kewl maps Dan. Excellent stuff :cool:
 

richie42

I like the map, although I assumed that the reason of Balkanizing Japan would be to keep back Soviet influence.
 

WhatIsAUserName

I noticed on the maps that there is still the "royal seat" which suggests that the Monarchy is still intact. IIRC, only MacArthur's force of will kept the monarchy propped up, so would it be possible that if Japan was divided, one of the concessions would be to put the Emperor on trial and/or remove the Monarchy?

Another nitpick: Why would New Zealand get its own zone of occupation, when Australia or China would have a much better claim to one. Of course, to be honest, I'm not quite sure how long China would be able to occupy Japan, since I'm guessing its soldiers would probably be back on the Mainland in no time as part of the Chinese Civil War. For that, I'm guessing a larger UK/Australian occupation zone.
 

~The Doctor~

DMA said:
And the Soviets get what in return? Lend-Lease shipments of Maple Syrup? :D
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Well, what else are they gonna pour on their pancakes? Vodka?:cool: Thousands upon thousands of Red Army soldiers?:D
 
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