>Had the US lost, it might have lost Hawaii as well. Then what would have happened? I can't say and neither can anyone else. Once the US had nuclear weapons, t

>Had the US lost, it might have lost Hawaii as well. Then what would have happened? I can't say and neither can anyone else. Once the US had nuclear weapons, the result was not in doubt. Putting aside nuclear arms as your comment seems to do, the question is not nearly as open as you make it out to be: Japan was heavily outmatched in resources, facing an array of enemies while having no significant allies of its own in the Pacific theater. So, even on a non-nuclear basis, they were in deep trouble. The best they could have hoped for was a stalemate: the Allies reclaim all lost ground, but don't invade the Japanese mainland.