The scenario reaches beyond which fleet wins. Italian and Soviet capital-ship ambitions, German rearmament, and competing carrier design influences would develop in a world where Britain, France, and the United States were already mobilized together. The Royal Air Force would have strong incentives to pursue much longer-ranged strike aircraft, potentially accelerating jet work, because European-range bombers could not readily reach Japanese targets. Hong Kong, Weihaiwei, and support for Chinese forces would likewise give the army a different set of amphibious and expeditionary lessons, making the conflict an enlarged counterpart to the Spanish Civil War as a test of weapons and doctrine.
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A Far Eastern war redirects military technology
Combat in Asia could accelerate long-range aviation and amphibious development while changing carrier designs and European rearmament.