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Interesting set of misdirections and basically ignoring what's actually been said. As well as claiming serious memory failure on your part. You can't even accept when your clearly been shown to be in the wrong. One person in the past, on another site supplied me with an electronic copy of...

They have an incentive to do so but that doesn't mean they can do so at the drop of an hat. Even or especially in totalitarian regimes logic often takes a rear seat to dogma or internal power struggles in the government. The Japanese attack on the US was seen as an opportunity for Hitler...

Sorry about that must have had some finger trouble. Thanks for posting the correct one. Will update my link. Steve

There is a good chance that if the USN and IJN met in open sea in this period it could go pear shaped for either side, as Midway showed. If the US was trying to 'relieve' the Philippines my money would be heavily on the Japanese because that's a war their long been planning for and the USN...

Attacking the DEI would have meant attacking Britain at least as the two were allies. It would very likely have meant US intervention against Japan, which without striking the Us 1st would have been risky. Yes if the outbreak of war in circa OTL and the US fleet is sent to try and rescue the...

That assumes that Japan is able to build up the capacity at least as fast as the Soviets. There is a lot of difference between war preparations and actually fighting a war with all the additions burdens that poses. Probably because its now openly allied with the Germans so when Germany...

Yes but TTL there is an extra front in Siberia while China is nowhere near as isolated as OTL so would potentially get a hell of a lot more equipment. Not saying that they would steamroller the Japanese but they are going to be in a markedly better position than OTL.

I think the link you actually want is Soviet oil sources in WWII as the other one gives a general summary of assorted materials including oil over the war years. As you say, if the oil capacity is captured intact and expanded as happened OTL then it would supply about 10M barrels in 45 [and ~5M...

One other factor from a Japanese attack on the Soviet Far East that hasn't been mentioned. It makes it considerably better for the KMT in China. Not only will it draw off some Japanese forces but the Burma road remains open. Also since the US isn't initially at war with Japan you don't get a...

Almost certainly stops Pearl along with more importantly the southern push, which makes the Japanese position dire from the start of a war with the western powers. For all Roosevelt's stupid bias I wish people would stop the shit about him being some sort of secret communist.

Very true. Corrected your typo. I wish this system didn't screw up things like bolding, colouring etc. :mad: However Hitler will take the bait eventually as he did OTL. Probably some time in early 42.

They can definitely fight both, at least for a while. The Japanese have the bulk of their forces tied up in China even without any moves further south and their going to be limited to possible expansion due to their logistical shortcomings and the sheer size, climatic and poor infrastructure of...

I'm not sure of the direct impact on the Soviets in the short term as much of the Japanese military were already tied up in China and coupled with the logistical problems that would occur they probably wouldn't get far if at all in the Soviet Pacific region. Plus its going to cripple Japan in...