Random Historical question

JALU3 · 07-13-08, 11:00 PM

Would the defense of the Philippine Islands or the Dutch East Indies (including British Malaysia and Singapore) ever an accomplishable task prior to the Japanese invasions? Would either of the three nations had been able to build up a sufficient force to defense those thousands of miles of coast line so far away from their production bases? How long could have Fortress Signapore and Bataan hold out if they had stuck with the more conservative original warplans?
Would the pacific portion of World War II been avoided if the West allowed Japan to continue its war against China unchallenged, or was it an inevitable outcome? Would the US have ever entered the war as an active combatant if it wasn't for Pearl Harbor?

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JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Random Historical question Would the defense of the Philippine Islands or the Dutch East Indies (including British Malaysia and Singapore) ever an accomplishable task prior to the Japanese invasions? Would either of the three nations had been able to build up a sufficient force to defense those thousands of miles of coast line so far away from their production bases? How long could have Fortress Signapore and Bataan hold out if they had stuck with the more conservative original warplans? Would the pacific portion of World War II been avoided if the West allowed Japan to continue its war against China unchallenged, or was it an inevitable outcome? Would the US have ever entered the war as an active combatant if it wasn't for Pearl Harbor? __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One