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The Japanese loss was by hazard, but that is exactly what war is. The fact is, America had more potential "next times" than Japan did, and America's industrial output guaranteed that the first next time would not be far off. The war was lost for them before it started, due to the type and extent of their war aims. The militarists were out of touch with reality.