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Originally Posted by Zayphod
My main question though, is what could have been done differently, i.e, wait a few more months until an invasion COULD have been made, etc? I realize that the further out the IJN extended itself from home base, the more difficult it is to hold on to stuff.
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I don't know, to my mind the big thing is getting the troops needed to do the job. Japan could not run a land war in Asia, especially China, watch the Red Bear (still a worry from my reading both the USSR and Japan kept forces in the Far East despite the Non-aggression pact). The Army refused troops for a Navy idea to invade Australia.