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Originally Posted by strelkovaya
Basically it could be used as a base for aircraft that could cover the Magellan strait, denying the US all access to the pacific. I know could never happen, I was just saying that's the minimum what Japan would have to achieve in order to have any chance at peace talks with the US (well that and a sustained bombing campaign against the US mainland). Im sure if the American people actually experienced the reality of war in the form of being bombed rather than looking at propaganda, chances are they'd change their tune. I'm not Japan could achieve it, I'm just saying what the absolute minimum would be for Japan to bring the US to consider a peace treaty, by denying them all access to the pacific.
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I don't think that there is any chance of the japanese getting a peace treaty, not only due to the fact that they were the aggressors in the war, but also the fact that the americans had the atomic bomb. Why would the americans go for a peace treaty when they get an overall victory?
The japanese would have to do more then just bomb the american main land to get there attention, they would have to sustain a very high level o bombing, and not just the west coast, but also invade the mainland whihc would push the americans out of the European war, assuming that they had not yet commited troops to the threatre. However it this is the case, then American not only has the Marine corp to take on the Japanese during a defensive role on the american main land but also all the men that would have been allocated to Europe. The Japanese lost to the marines, how could they hope to engage even more men?
Japan's mistake was pissing of America, plain and simple, they could nver have hoped to win against her, just look at the industrial capacities of each country as well as the technology of the US compared to Japan.