Comments by "calvingreene90" (@calvingreene90) on "The Drydock - Episode 072" video.

  1. Without the Europe first priority the Army and Army Air Forces would have undoubtedly at the very least made a pest of themselves in Burma, China, and other mainland Asia theater. The long range airpower would have at least been a nuisance to Japanese shipping. Also without looking to Europe enough reinforcements might have been slammed into the Philippines to keep them from falling. The long range land based airpower based there would put a major kink in Japanese navel operations.
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  2. The Philippines probably would have been reinforced and not fallen but running supplies and war ships through the Mediterranean could result in Germany or Italy mistakenly attacking American ships and FDR would have demanded a declaration of war and probably got it.
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  3.  @glenmcgillivray4707  Japan wanted an empire and made whatever excuse they thought sounded good at the time to justify it.
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