Britain could maintain civilian production more easily while fighting a geographically limited Pacific conflict. In the historical world war, the civilian economy itself became part of the front line under direct attack. Here the largest commitment would fall on the Far East fleet while the home economy remained geographically behind the fighting. An American ally would also reduce the need to maintain large British squadrons in the Caribbean and might allow a smaller Falklands commitment. The war would still demand ships, aircraft, and industrial output, but it would impose a different and more manageable pattern of strain.
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A limited Pacific war and British economic capacity
A distant naval war would strain Britain differently from the historical world war fought against direct threats to its home economy.