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Indeed, I'm sure in any U.S. discussion of this, somebody on the U.S. side would say, "But isn't the British Empire stronger and thus the bigger threat" at least as a devil's advocate. I don't think they would carry the day, but the argument would be voiced by someone.

Well the Japanese as a nation weren't jumping the gun relative to their declaration of war. The Japanese navy was jumping the gun in terms of making a move on the islands, in October, before the Japanese civilian government provided any orders, or permission, for the Navy to act in the Central...

@stevep Date of Japanese DoW on Germany: August 23rd, 1914 Date of Japanese occupation of Marshall Islands: September 29-30, 1914 That's a little over a month before Japanese occupation is a fait accompli, plenty of time for the American hissy fit to have an effect at shaping events. Also...

Where are they are going to get all the money to pay for this? From what you say, it sounds like they spend it out of anger, but anger doesn't pay the bills. Well the U.S. is meddling, which is a little obnoxious in principle, but how harsh is the demand really. "Hey Britain, expand your...

In OTL, Japan solicited and received a request from Britain for naval assistance against the Germans in the Pacific within about 3 or 4 days of Britain declaring war on Germany. Japan issued an ultimatum to Germany to send all its ships away from Japanese and Chinese waters and yield its...