Reply #6: Yamamoto wouldn't have supported a West Coast invasion [View All]

[One_Life_To_Give]

Doesn't matter what the outcome of Midway. Yamamoto had spent far too much time in the US to have any delusions about the ability of Japan to conquer the US outright. He expected us to grow tired of the war long before we had pushed Japan back to it's pre-war boarders. And had it not been for our Island Hoping stratagy it probably would have succeded. The losses from an assault on Fortress Rabaul could of had disastrous effects on public opinion coming so early and far away from Japan.