The region already contains roughly five separate high-level command structures, so a unified headquarters need not be a wholly new manpower burden. Consolidation could reduce duplicated staff effort and create one authority for deployments, planning, and coalition coordination. A naval leader is the likeliest theater commander because maritime movement joins the region together and because the army and air force want their strongest leaders retained at home and in North Africa. The later Allies often had competitive totals on paper, yet they could not think and operate together as effectively as Japan.
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Consolidate duplicated Far East headquarters
Consolidating several regional command structures could release staff effort and reduce the coordination failures that later let Japan outthink a numerically competitive coalition.