How much different would the war in the pacific have been in Japan won at the battles of Coral Sea and Midway?

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Another possibility was for the attack on PH to target the port and supply facilities instead of obsolete battleships and effectively ruin PH as a naval base for at least 6 months thereby forcing the American fleet to base on the west coast instead of the foward base of PH making future operations much more difficult, The Japanese could also have used their subs as the Germans did to attack merchant shipping instead of searching out warships.

The first person to answer has given one of the most pathetic answers I have ever read.

Answer 1

The eventual outcome of the war would not have changed to any real degree. Japan would not have been able to overcome the 'Sleeping Giant' even with using the tactics the Germany had used. As you must be aware Germany sunk millions of tons of supplies within sight of the US shores, yet the Allies were able to push enough supplies and troops into England to mount the invasion. And neither could Japan have completely stopped the movement of US materials.

Another reason for the failure of Japan to advance any further was the method that their soldiers were supplied. Munitions was about all that Japan sent to their troops, food was pretty much left up to the soldiers to provide. Searching for food took a lot of time away from fighting.

Answer 2

I agree that the loss at Midway would only be a minor setback. The Coral Sea was draw, neither sides won. If Japan won at Coral Sea, then Midway would have never happened, and Australia would have been threatened, but Japan would have lost in the end, Few Natural Resources.

Germany would have lost in the end. Few Natural Resources.

The Allies would have won WWII but probably in 46.

Answer 3

Admiral Yamamoto foresaw the results of Pearl Harbor: a brief rampage, and then defeat at the hands of superior enemies with vastly greater resources.

Japan did make a momentous tactical mistake in leaving the POL storage tanks and other port facilties intact. Some Japanese planners had urged exactly that targetting priority, but had their advice rejected. One of those planners was an expert on Admiral Mahon's theories about the "fleet in being"

Whether Midway or elsewhere, Japanese strategy rested on the idea of one great battle, the decisive event that would  snatch victory from its inevitable defeat. Midway failed, and so did  the Philippine Sea. If not there, then similar defeats elsewhere would lead to the same end.

Had Japan occupied Pearl and proceeded then to attack the West Coast of the US, the Government would have had to wage a Japan-first war, rather than leave the Pacific a secondary theater with secondary claims on men and material. Same result, different  time frame.

Answer 4

Great question. The answer is that the Axis might well have won WWII. Midway was the turning point in the Pacific, and if Japan had managed to win the battle and continue momentum, the US might have been too damaged to continue fighting, and without the US, the Allies would have lost probably.

Answer 5

Thats good Question!

   If the japanese had taking over are naval base and later the u.s. all or most of us would not be here. Japan and germany and italy the central powers would had later wiped out the world if you weren't germany with blue eyes and blonde hair you would be in a gas chamber... they would have ,even put there own n**i in there...