"Gentlemen, the American envoy will be arriving shortly. What demands should we make of the Americans this time?" Fumimaro Konoe asked.
Although they all knew full well that the Americans had been keeping the Island Nation like a dog, they absolutely did not want things to remain that way forever. The Island Nation had no choice but to join the war now, but they hoped to enter it as an ally. After defeating Germany, they wanted to receive the benefits they deserved. Only then would they be satisfied. After all, Germany was too powerful. Even if the Island Nation could win this war, the losses it paid would not be small. Therefore, they had to fight for more benefits for themselves.
"Prime Minister, after the war, if we can defeat the Germans, then the South Seas, Australia, and those Pacific islands occupied by Germany must belong to us! Only then will we have sufficient strategic room to maneuver. Only then will we have the capital to contend with the United States in the future international community!" Foreign Minister Kuniaki Koiso said.
Once Germany truly fell, the United States would undoubtedly become the strongest nation in the world. With Germany's threat gone, the Island Nation and the United States would also develop tremendous conflicts of interest in the Pacific Ocean, perhaps even coming into conflict. The Island Nation's Mainland was too small and poor in resources, leaving little room for maneuver. But if they could take the South Seas and Australia, their room to maneuver would become far greater.
"That's right. We must seize the South Seas and Australia. Our soldiers seized them from the Germans through sacrifice. Those lands must belong to us," Seishiro Itagaki said.
The South Seas and Australia combined had dozens of times the territory of the