Quote Originally Posted by Agent Miles View Post
The Japanese failure in WW2 is a failure of strategy. All of the forces that were directed at sandy beaches and jungle swamps should have fallen on the U.S. alone. The strike at PH should have been coordinated with a simultaneous assault on Midway. The IJN had enough carriers to do this. Then take Hawaii with all the divisions that can float backed up by ten carriers vs. three U.S. The U.S. military was totally unprepared to defend the West Coast in 1942. FDR would have to sign a truce on the deck of the Yamato in the Japanese colony of Los Angeles. With the U.S. knocked out, taking the rest of the Pacific would have been a fait accompli. Boom baby!
Thats what the civilians in Los Angeles thought. There is no way this would happen. For the simple fact of the resources it would've cost. Not to mention the Japanese couldn't had committed land forces and kept supply lines open.

The Japanese mistake was attacking the USA in the first place.