Japan vs Nazi Germany (hypothetical alternative history)

germans

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will to fight to the death

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Men willing to die are very dangerous

I just want to resurrect the Yamato and the Bismark and watch them go at it

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Posted by Damn Good Dawg I just want to resurrect the Yamato and the Bismark and watch them go at it

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The Yamato would devastate the Bismarck long before the Bismarck got close enough to open fire with its main batteries. The Yamato outclassed the Bismarck in virtually every possible way.

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when they eventually squared off

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Would not have happened. Bizarro world Cold War at worst.

The only advantage that Japan had over Germany was their Navy.

If in your scenario they still had to fight the U.S. Navy and were wiped off the map, then German beast them like a red headed step child.

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Message Posted by prplhze2000 What about the Tirpitz?

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The Tripitz was actually the same class as the Bismarck. In fact it was the second of the Bismarck class. Basically you could have paired both them together against the Yamato and both would be left smoking wrecks before they could fire a single salvo.

With Germany potentially having access to all of Europe and Africa/Russia and Japan having access to America (you did say complete axis victory)and China it would be the most costly war in human history and could potentially kill 70% of males on Earth.

It's truly a preposterous toss up because both the Japanese and Germans had the ability to develop new technology and both had adequate tactics for the times.

The easiest answer would be to say it would become a cold war between the largest empires the world has ever seen.

Go read "the man in the high castle" by Philip K. Dick