Death of a Navy: The Fall of Imperial Japan

In 1931, Japanese forces attacked the Chinese-controlled territory of Manchuria. Quicker than ever, the large territory fell to Imperial Japan. In 1933, Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialist German Worker's Part (Nazis) took power in Germany as Chancellor. During the same year, both countries left the failing League of Nations. In 1937, Japan continued it's invasions by leading an attack on China itself. America and Britain, both controlling the majority of the Pacific ocean, attempted to get Japan to end the attack and reside in it's land already under control, but the attempts fail. Considering appeasement, the United States sends over trained pilots flying an advanced fighter, the P-40 "Warhawk". They assist the Chinese military in tampering with Japan's aerial bombardments. Soon, Japanese-American relations plummet. Feared that America would continue to intervene, the infamous day in world history shattered America forever. December 7, 1941. American battleships (and the majority of their navy) were stationed at Pearl Harbor, Oahu in Hawaii. Planning on destroying the US' navy to prevent them from interfering in their assaults in Eastern Asia, hundreds of Naval aircraft bombed, torpedoed and strafed the American navy. Two thousand military personnel killed, battleships destroyed, cruisers damaged- but Japan's highest priority target, several American aircraft carriers, were on patrol and not present in the harbor.

To many, in the following years, this attack would be the greatest mistake Japan had ever made. It would cost the Asian countries billions of dollars, hundreds of ships, thousands of planes, and millions of civilians and soldiers. The country was crippled, it's industrial abilities destroyed, it's economy shattered. But that was the real war.

This is an alternate Pacific War timeline. The major turning point in the Pacific was the Battle of Midway- three American carriers, the Hornet, Enterprise and Yorktown- against four Japanese carriers, the Zuiho, Akagi, Soryu and Hiryu. All Japanese carriers were annihilated for the ship Yorktown... but what if Japan won that engagement. What if Japan, one of the most powerful, threatning forces ever seen won a key battle in world history? The world as we know it would be much different...