An early peace removes much of the political foundation for the League of Nations and its mandate system. Former German possessions would still be distributed, but the transfer would look more openly like an expansion of empire. Japan might receive more territory, or Britain and Japan might divide the former German possessions differently. The disposition of Pacific territory would then influence whether a later naval war forms along familiar lines.
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An early peace could change the Pacific settlement
In this counterfactual, former German possessions would become direct imperial acquisitions without a League mandate system, and Japan might receive more territory.