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The territories were pretty remote from everyone.

What if the British did not grab possessions south of the equator first, but also moved into Palau, the Caroline’s and Marshall Islands first, leaving Japan with only the Marianas islands north of Guam.

Japan’s perimeter does not extend nearly as far south in the Pacific as in OTL?

How does this altered situation change Japanese interwar naval planning, what about the Americans development of “War Plan Orange” and especially the focusing of the USMC on amphibious invasions in the interwar?
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