AHC: USA loses war to Japan (1868 start point)

[Forth Eorlingas]

Challenge: with a POD of 1868, the Meiji Restoration, Japan and the USA fight a war where Japan wins a clear-cut victory and America acknowledges defeat.

3 conditions:
- The war starts during or before 1941.
- If Japan wins with allies, Japan must contribute half or more of the war effort.
- no direct changes to the US, but changes in Japan causing butterfly effects in US are OK

 

[Elementary]

How big does the “war” have to be? Perhaps a small American raid, punitive expedition, or intervention on Meiji Japanese territory that goes awry? I would think the further into the TL, and the larger the conflict, the worse the odds for Japan.

 

[DJ03]

a naval war over Hawaii or the Philippines, maybe?
I think there's a thread about those somewhere

 

[CalBear]

Please use the Pre-1900 Misc. thread for these sorts of WI.

You need to actually start a discussion not just ask a question or issue an AH challenge

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