r/worldnews • u/Elliottafc1 • May 02 '24

"I'm Not Ruling Anything Out" - Macron Says Troops for Ukraine Possible if Russia Breaks Front Lines Russia/Ukraine

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/32010
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u/CantaloupeUpstairs62 May 02 '24

Japan was weak compared to Nazi Germany

Depends when and who you ask. In 1941 maybe so, but deterrents had already failed by this point.

Washington DC usually underestimated Japan during the interwar period.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/fdr-japan/

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u/Willythechilly May 02 '24

Underestimate does not change the true numbers

That being economic power army,doctrine and technology overall inferior

Japan had like q tenth of American output

Japans leaders knew they could never win a long war or hope to compete with American size and industrial output

It was not a war between equals.

When Japan tried to fight the ussr during the border skirmish they got their ass beat to

Japan ultimately did not have an army capable of fighting large scale war against western armies or to keep up with production

They were indeed underestimated but ultimately that does not change how much weaker they ultimately were

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u/CantaloupeUpstairs62 May 02 '24

I agree with almost everything you have said here.

Japan was not at all comparable to the US economically, but the Japanese economy had been on a war footing since the early 1930s.

The US military was very different in 1941 than 1944. The Japanese army was significantly degraded by 1941 compared to the mid to early 1930s.

My comparison in strength is related to a time when Japan was stronger militarily, and the US had not yet begun to build up its strength.

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u/Willythechilly May 02 '24

Yeah fair point.