Japan's entry against France changes the counterfactual campaign's division of effort. Japan can take the remaining French colonies after Britain has selected the Asian positions it values most. Capturing Cambodia and then Thailand would make the Bay of Bengal a secure British waterway within this scenario. Japan's holdings around Aden are expected to steer it toward French African colonies instead. Colonial geography, alliance behaviour, and sea-control objectives shape theatre priorities within this game scenario, whose outcome is not real history.
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Using colonial seizures to secure the Bay of Bengal
After Japan enters the campaign war, Britain targets Cambodia and Thailand to secure the Bay of Bengal while Japan pressures French colonies elsewhere.