WI: British invade Kagoshima?

Some background: a British merchant was murdered in Japan as part of the order to expel the barbarians. The British government demanded reparations from Satsuma, but were refused. Angry, the British sent warships to the area to force them to pay but were fired upon by coastal batteries. There was an exchange of fire, and five Japanese died compared to eleven British. It was a stalemate, but it was thought by the Japanese to be a victory and it saved face for the Satsuma. The Admiral of the British fleet decided that it was enough and opted not to land troops or try to take their cannons to signal an absolute defeat to the Japanese. But what would happen if he felt like he needed to express dominance against the Japanese and decides to land troops in the town?

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For a moment I thought this thread was going to be about the British taking part in Operation Downfall and the British Commonwealth Occupation Force sticking around to run their own occupation zone in Japan. IIRC there was talk of them taking over the Kyushu and Chugoku regions before it was shelved.


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A quick suggestion but if you might want to think about including a bit more background such as who the merchant was, details of the bombardment you mentioned and the conflict in general. People are lazy, if you make them go search for basic information you're likely to get many fewer responses.
 
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