Instead of dividing its forces over a huge area, occupying the Philippines, HK and forcing the US into the war, On Dec 7, 1941 Japan invades with overwhelming force Thailand, Malaya-Singapore and Ceylon simultaneously.
In 2 weeks Japan sinks most of the eastern fleet and captures large fuel stores, invaluable port facilities, etc, and expels the RN from the Indian Ocean. Japan offers the Indian nationalists air support from Ceylon in their independence war. As the British lose territory, Japanese planes start flying from airfields in India, supporting further the Indian forces. Japan also offers air support to the Burmese from Thailand to fight for their Independen. Since the British cannot supply their forces in India and Burma they have to grant these countries their indepedence.
The American public praises Japan for liberating India and Burma and stops supporting Britain, considering it a lost cause, so Roosevelt has to cancel L-L.
On January 20, 1942 Japan invades Abadan (capturing the largest refinery in Eurasia), Madagascar (with a small force, since France can hardly defend it) and Aden, links up with the rest of the axis and displaces the Soviets from Persia and the British from Iraq (the Indian troops have returned to their country of joined the Japanese) by March 1942.
In March 1942 Japan invades SA (gaining access to gold, diamonds, chromium, coal, etc, and to invaluable submarine bases for the axis in the South Atlantic) and Kenya from Madagascar.
With the British excluded from the Mediterranean and the Japanese advancing in the middle east, Turkey decides to join the axis, rather than being invaded.
In June 1942 German, Italian, Persian, Turkish and Japanese forces capture the Soviet oilfields in Baku and advance towards Stalingrad. Japan also occupies Vladivostok.
The British people realize that they cannot continue fighting after years of debacles and force Churchill to resign and his successor to sue for peace.
The axis concentrates on the USSR and has plenty of oil and minerals. Stalin knows that he cannot fight for years on two distant fronts and concentrates all his forces around the Urals, but is short of oil, grain, etc, In contrast, the Axis is occupying a huge agricultural area and has plenty of resources, labour, etc, So in the winter of 1943 Stalin has to agree to a permanent cease fire.
In 2 weeks Japan sinks most of the eastern fleet and captures large fuel stores, invaluable port facilities, etc, and expels the RN from the Indian Ocean. Japan offers the Indian nationalists air support from Ceylon in their independence war. As the British lose territory, Japanese planes start flying from airfields in India, supporting further the Indian forces. Japan also offers air support to the Burmese from Thailand to fight for their Independen. Since the British cannot supply their forces in India and Burma they have to grant these countries their indepedence.
The American public praises Japan for liberating India and Burma and stops supporting Britain, considering it a lost cause, so Roosevelt has to cancel L-L.
On January 20, 1942 Japan invades Abadan (capturing the largest refinery in Eurasia), Madagascar (with a small force, since France can hardly defend it) and Aden, links up with the rest of the axis and displaces the Soviets from Persia and the British from Iraq (the Indian troops have returned to their country of joined the Japanese) by March 1942.
In March 1942 Japan invades SA (gaining access to gold, diamonds, chromium, coal, etc, and to invaluable submarine bases for the axis in the South Atlantic) and Kenya from Madagascar.
With the British excluded from the Mediterranean and the Japanese advancing in the middle east, Turkey decides to join the axis, rather than being invaded.
In June 1942 German, Italian, Persian, Turkish and Japanese forces capture the Soviet oilfields in Baku and advance towards Stalingrad. Japan also occupies Vladivostok.
The British people realize that they cannot continue fighting after years of debacles and force Churchill to resign and his successor to sue for peace.
The axis concentrates on the USSR and has plenty of oil and minerals. Stalin knows that he cannot fight for years on two distant fronts and concentrates all his forces around the Urals, but is short of oil, grain, etc, In contrast, the Axis is occupying a huge agricultural area and has plenty of resources, labour, etc, So in the winter of 1943 Stalin has to agree to a permanent cease fire.
