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Originally Posted by tabs
Midway DID NOT end Japanese Offensive operations..they were continuing on down the Solomons Islands building an airstrip at Guadalcanal and were moving troops over the Owen Stanley mountains in New Guinea.
As previously stated the Japanese air crews were being depleted and were not at full strength anymore by the time of Midway. That was how shallow the Japanese well of trained manpower and material was in conducting their Pacific war of aggression.
Science and Technology comes from having a mfg base. All things considered The USA MASS PRODUCED its way to victory in WW2. Plain and Simple.
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The offensive operations the Japanese conducted post Midway were for the mot part aimed at strengthening their defensive perimeter.
The threat to Aus was gone after the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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Originally Posted by tabs
Had the US lost at Midway, it would have put the Hawaiian islands into play....possibly neutralizing them as a jumping off place for military operations. It would also have made Australia's existence more tenous.
The Japanese wouldn't have had the reach to seriously threaten the West Coast on a continuing basis. However the West Coast of the US as a base of operations instead of Hawaii would have made it much more difficult to win.
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The Hawaiin Islands were never in play, nor would they ever be in play. Japan simply lacked the assets to take them. Every single post war study on the subject has borne this out (
AFAIK).
There was never any real Japanese threat to the West Coast. In retrospect the entire notion was laughable.