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In reply to the discussion: What if we beat the rest of the Axis powers like we did, but lost to Japan? [View all]PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)8. We'd have pixelated p0rn. n/t
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What if we beat the rest of the Axis powers like we did, but lost to Japan? [View all]
Reter
Aug 2015
OP
If the US didn't have "the bomb" it could have just continued the process of firebombing Japan into
PoliticAverse
Aug 2015
#2
I laid it out above, if they couldn't use a ground invasion, they'd literally starve Japan.
geek tragedy
Aug 2015
#14
How exactly would we lose to Japan? I know this is all hypothetical, but where do we start?
Rex
Aug 2015
#12
I think they would have been at war with the USSR and the US and in very bad shape.
Rex
Aug 2015
#20
I wouldn't say we had inferior planes, we just had different goals with our planes.
NutmegYankee
Aug 2015
#35
The P-40 was inferior, but they developed effective tactics against the Zeros.
HooptieWagon
Aug 2015
#36