Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Could an Anglo-German-Japanese alliance hold together?

A challenge about Japanese expansion asks whether victory and colonial compensation would postpone rather than eliminate strains inside the imagined coalition.

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Question

Would an Anglo-German-Japanese alliance fracture over Japanese territorial ambitions?

Short answer

It might eventually, but French possessions in East Asia could compensate Japan after victory and postpone a clash while those gains were consolidated.

Notes

The viewer suggests that Japanese territorial ambitions could split an Anglo-German-Japanese partnership. A victorious coalition might compensate Japan with French possessions in East Asia. Japan would then spend time consolidating those gains instead of immediately challenging its partners. This would not guarantee a durable alliance, though it could change the timing and object of later rivalry.