Quote Originally Posted by maks View Post
japan couldn't have held australia, their ground troops were tied up in manchuria. they had a pretty effective navy and air force, a 'run and gun' attack like pearl harbor was the right move, but maybe not against a country so huge and physically insulated, with near infinite industrial capacity and powerful allies
Battle of Midway broke huge japanese morals after all, if the japanese navy won battle of midway, US marines will have hard time in Guadalcanal where will have heavy bombardement from japanese aircraft carriers from Midway.