In this scenario, a broader Japanese carrier force and pilot pipeline would still leave Japan unable to win a war against both the British Empire and the United States. The industrial argument goes further, judging either opponent's resources sufficient on their own. Comparing Britain alone with another state understates the production available through Canada, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the rest of the empire. Those resources formed a coordinated production and logistics network, alongside the separate industrial capacity of the United States. This assessment of material capacity carries no endorsement of imperial rule. Extra light carriers could change operations and losses while leaving the underlying industrial disparity intact.
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Extra carriers do not erase the Allies' industrial advantage
The alternate force changes campaigns and losses but not the overwhelming production imbalance if Japan still fights both the British Empire and the United States.