YankeeAirRat
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The Philippines, Guam, and most of the other Western terrortories to the west of the defences were ham-strung by the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. In that that treaty Article XIX, aka the fortification clause, basically stated that everyone owns what they owned at that moment and except for what was already built or being built could not expand thier defensive fortifications and naval bases.
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The United States, the British Empire and Japan agree that the status quo at the time of the signing of the present Treaty, with
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regard to fortifications and naval bases, shall be maintained in their respective territories and possessions specified hereunder:
(1) The insular possessions which the United States now holds or may hereafter acquire in the Pacific Ocean, except (a) those adjacent to the coast of the United States, Alaska and the Panama Canal Zone, not including the Aleutian Islands, and (b) the Hawaiian Islands;
(2) Hong Kong and the insular possessions which the British Empire now holds or may hereafter acquire in the Pacific Ocean, east of the meridian of 110° east longitude, except (a) those adjacent to the coast of Canada, (b) the Commonwealth of Australia and its Territories, and (c) New Zealand;
(3) The following insular territories and possessions of Japan in the Pacific Ocean, to wit: the Kurile Islands, the Bonin Islands, Amami-Oshima, the Loochoo Islands, Formosa and the Pescadores, and any insular territories or possessions in the Pacific Ocean which Japan may hereafter acquire.
The maintenance of the status quo under the foregoing provisions implies that no new fortifications or naval bases shall be established in the territories and possessions specified; that no measures shall be taken to increase the existing naval facilities for the repair and maintenance of naval forces, and that no increase shall be made in the coast defences of the territories and possessions above specified. This restriction, however, does not preclude such repair and replacement of worn-out weapons and equipment as is customary in naval and military establishments in time of peace.
Cause of this clause places like the PI, Guam, New Britian, New Guinea, etc could not be upgraded with either new forts, naval bases, or even army bases. Cause of this those places were already unprepared when the war started almost twenty years later. I would also suggest that this treaty heavily influenced the Color War Plans and the later Rainbow War Plans (note they were different plans, Color War Plans are the classic Gold, Red, Green, Orange war plans; while the Rainbow War plans were the combinations of those previous plans into one over arching plan). Read the treaty here, Full text of WA Naval Treaty 1922
Also note that Douglas MacArthur had to fight against the shadow of his family. Remember that his father Arthur MacArthur Jr was a Medal Of Honor winner, Colonel in the Wisconsin Militia during the Civil War and later lead the Philippines Expedition during the Spanish-American War and later helping to supress the Filippino Insurrection at the turn of the century. Later becoming a military governor of the Philippines before being fired by William Taft (the civilian governor). That is a big shadow to fight out from espically when the US Army that you joined was still filled with officers that either served under or with your father (such as Blackjack Pershing). So he had to work on making himself bigger then his father and succeeding quicker, one of those pyschological faults that he probably had.
Going back to the orginal post, it looks like one of the old problems from WiTP has popped up again. I wonder if this is still related to the sync bug.
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