Do You Think the Japanese Had a Chance to Do Something Really Unexpected?

i find it very hard to imagine any scenario where the japanese could have escaped this conflict with them in a better situation than they were on december sixth, 19 forty one. It's almost impossible to imagine that scenario. One thing that could have really tipped the balance throughout the world, really, but also in the pacific, would be a russian collapse. And and some form of a truce on the russia front. If stalan had essentially repeated what the bolsheviks had done in 19 17 and cut a deal ah to end that war in hitler to re deploy his forces against england, i think coulda changed the entire complexion of the global conflict.