[AkbarGulag]

...talk surely won't get us flamed :p

Interesting proposition. Lets say that the loss of sunk tonnage of England doesn't excel the start of the western front (that 250 boats will no longer contribute to), then it could be argued that the pacific is a hell of a place to combat a determined and trained submarine force. After all, the Japanese failed at it, whats to say the Americans wouldn't have had the same difficulty when faced with 250 U-boats. The Americans certainly didn't have vital supply lines throughout the pacific till much later in the war, but Australasia would certainly be a target for isolation. American expansion could have been hindered if they tried to 'hold' any significant number of bases in the pacific :hmm: Considering Japan was an Island nation, and their main strategic interests were in China, it may have held off the Americans from closing in on Japans home islands. If that was the case, it's safe to say India could have been seriously threatened in that scenario also.