The Japanese had no reason to invade Alaska and never intended to. Its resources it needed were aplenty in South East Asia (oil, rubber, metal, etc.).
The only reason the Japanese even bothered invading the Aleutians in the war was in an attempt to divert U.S. forces away from Midway - thus weakening the U.S. forces or decieving them and so they could claim Midway easier.
As for civilian intervention... thats not entirely true.
A good leader of a country can also be a good military leader. They can also be a bad one as well.
The key here is that Hitler was too irrational, too controlling, paranoid, and had a midn that was easily changed.
For instance:
-The no surrender or retreat order : no troops on the Eastern Front were allowed to retreat or surrender, thereby causing thousands of casualties that were unnecessary and also they demoralized troops
-Controlling the industry's direction : instead of going for 4 engine heavy bombers, or better longer range fighters, Hitler decided to do his little pet terror projects such as the V1 and V2 and concentrate its already tight industry on jets taht were too little too late
Those are just two examples of places where Hitler controlled things that were unnecessary and because of his opinion and his own mind / biases, they costed the war.
|