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    What if the U.S. reacted promptly to Japan's participation in WWI and its threat to Philippine SLOCs

    I was thinking about the USA forcing Japan to evacuate the Trans-Baikal etc. in 1920-22.
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    What if the U.S. reacted promptly to Japan's participation in WWI and its threat to Philippine SLOCs

    If USA leans on Britain which leans on Japan - possibly in parallel to growling at Japan - to leave the bits of sand and coral alone and as a result the ex-German islands end up as an Aussie mandate, this need not piss off Japan. The Empire grabbing those islands was a nice to have not a must...
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    What if the U.S. reacted promptly to Japan's participation in WWI and its threat to Philippine SLOCs

    Yes, there is no God but the Iowa and Massachusetts was her prophet :) sig of ex-USS Massachusetts crewmember on another board But why are we in 1944? We are discussing 1914 or thereabouts ...
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    What if the U.S. reacted promptly to Japan's participation in WWI and its threat to Philippine SLOCs

    I was talking about being shredded by 203mm shells. But OK, that was an unusual situation ... :) But back to story - in 1914 the Kongos are top of the range battlecruisers, but not OTT good. Any AC coming their way becomes an artificial reef very quickly. This is what "battlecruisers as devised...
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    What if the U.S. reacted promptly to Japan's participation in WWI and its threat to Philippine SLOCs

    343mm versus 356mm rifles - no difference ... And the Kongo's armour was nothing to write home about, as shown at Guadalcanal ...
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    What if the U.S. reacted promptly to Japan's participation in WWI and its threat to Philippine SLOCs

    Looking at it, a very good move by the IJN (giving plausible deniability to politicians) to sieze the German islands without giving other Powers time to react :) Beati qui tenit and all that! Four.
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