Second Pacific War (The Great War Does Not Happen)

PWII was a very major war taking place in a surprisingly modern time. With 35,000,000 casualties, it was the single deadliest conflict ever fought.

Causes
In the aftermath of the first pacific war, Japan was forced to pay massive reparations. Japan tried printing out more currency to pay off the debt but this caused massive inflation. Anti american sentiment was quite common in the Hiroshima republic and got even worse when Japan returned to its fascist roots in 1959. At that moment, Japan stopped paying reparations and the country became more militaristic. From 1965 to 1970, Japan took the following countries in order: Korea, Phillipines, Indonesia, Singapore, malaysia, Thailand, and all of former french Indochina. As a result, President John F. Kennedy put the country under sanctions. Kennedy also armed the chinese with US weaponry in hope that they could hold back the Japanese.

The war
In April 11 1971, Japan began its Chinese campaign. They invaded china through the manchuko area and the southeastern area. A blockade was placed to keep American ships from delivering goods to China. Tensions ran high between the US and Japan though the US did not enter the war. Japan signed an armistice with the US in May 5, 1974 guaranteeing no confrontation. This bought the japanese time to leave china in disarray much to america's shock and dismay.