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In terms of just land forces I see a prolonged war.


In terms of naval equipment, there is a possibility. A lot of the island campaigns in the PTO was won on the shoulders of the major naval engagements. If Japan could have delivered a much bigger series of crippling blows on the US Navy, it would have most certainly set us back, and robbed the US of important tender and fuel stations int he pacific as well as naval bases.