Did Japan take over New Zealand?

In December 1941, Japan attacked and rapidly conquered much of the area to the north of New Zealand. The Imperial Japanese Navy demonstrated the vulnerability of New Zealand when submarine-launched Japanese float-planes overflew Wellington and Auckland in 1942.

What would have happened to India if Japan won ww2?

Had Japan won World War II and created its Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, then India would have been treated like every other Asian people conquered or occupied by Japan — as second-rate peoples with inferior cultures forever subservient to the Empire of Japan.

Why did Singapore fall so easily to the Japanese?

The Fall of Singapore was the climax to the Malayan campaign in the Far-East which lasted from the 8th December 1941 – 31 January 1942. The British High Command left Singapore vulnerable, with a lack of equipment including tanks and aircraft, without proper kit to be worn by troops in a jungle environment.

Why was Singapore important to the Japanese?

An island city and the capital of the Straits Settlement of the Malay Peninsula, Singapore had been a British colony since the 19th century. In July 1941, when Japanese troops occupied French Indochina, the Japanese telegraphed their intentions to transfer Singapore from the British to its own burgeoning empire.

Is Australia still part of the Japanese Empire?

Australia is cut of from the empire, they are still allied and formally part of it but does most of their trade with Japan and is at their wim if abandoned by the West, much like Australia and China today. Speaking of China, they’re reduced to the harsh, not really Chinese bits of Western China.

When will the world be in peace after WW2?

So by 1948 when Germany capitulates (remember the USA has the bomb by 1945 but is unable to use it being so far away from Japan with the loss of Hawaii), the world would be in “peace”.

What was the Japanese strategy with dealing with the US?

The Japanese strategy with dealing with the US hinged entirely on the attack. You see Japan knew they would never actually beat the US, their plan was to attack the fleet and beat the US before the estimated 6 months it would take for the US to mobilise.

Did Japan know they would never beat the US again?

You see Japan knew they would never actually beat the US, their plan was to attack the fleet and beat the US before the estimated 6 months it would take for the US to mobilise. In other words, a surprise knockout punch from behind, not the longer brawl they ended out getting.