Who Could Have Won WWII?

[Raellus]

Originally Posted by RN7

The war in Asia not the countries were a sideshow to the warfare in Europe were the dominant Axis threat was.

Threat to who? I don't understand this argument. It can only be valid from a very Eurocentric point of view.

Granted, the Japanese didn't ever really pose a serious threat to CONUS, but, without the USN to hold (and then push) them back, the rest of the Pacific world was in serious danger of Japanese conquest and domination. I'm that a vast majority of the billions of people in Asia would strenuously disagree with your "sideshow" assessment.

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[RN7]

Originally Posted by Raellus

Threat to who? I don't understand this argument. It can only be valid from a very Eurocentric point of view.

Granted, the Japanese didn't ever really pose a serious threat to CONUS, but, without the USN to hold (and then push) them back, the rest of the Pacific world was in serious danger of Japanese conquest and domination. I'm that a vast majority of the billions of people in Asia would strenuously disagree with your "sideshow" assessment.

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Not a direct physical threat to America at the time perhaps but certainly a threat to everyone in Europe.

In 1941-45 who was Japan's opposition in Asia? China, the British and Dutch colonies and dominions and America across the Pacific Ocean.

In 1939-45 who was Germany's opposition, and were the forces assembled in the Far East against Japan comparable to those assembled against Germany.

Did Japan compare favourably in industrial and technological terms to Germany? Was the Japanese Army as well equipped or as large as the German Army? Did Japan engage in the industrial scale murder of millions of civilians in Asia? Did Japan field jet fighters and ballistic missiles in 1944?