| I agree.Japan had no alliances who could help them to sustain a presence close to the US or on any US coastline.They were incapable of mounting a successful invasion of the US mainland in any strategy to defeat the US.Once the US war machine started to roll,Japan could not stop it.As a country with no oil,little coal,Japans fate was sealed from the time when it thought that the Pearl Harbour raid was the end of US naval power in the Pacific.Once the USAAF developed and brought the B29 into service which was a little later than planned then the Japanese felt the full force of the devastating fireraids on their home based industry.
It has to be tabled.Did the Japanese military powers expect to eliminate the influence of the US from the Pacific and SE Asia.Their policy was one of "slash and burn"which created enemies not alliances.A similar policy to Hitler's in Russia.
What did Japan hope to achieve by going to war with the US and Great Britain.
The nearest thing that the Japanese threatened the US mainland with, was wind blown balloon bombs which were random, inaccurate and restricted to nuisance value. |