Did they really believe they could beat America in a war?
they didn't. thus the falseflag by the deep state.
>>18431332They slight chance they would have, if the Americans didn't ditch War Plan Orange in favour of Plan Rainbow 5. Kantai Kessen was perfectly designed to counter War Plan Orange.By the mid-1930s, U.S. naval planners, specifically those at the Naval War College, realized that the "Through-Ticket" to the Philippines was a suicide mission. Even before Rainbow 5 was adopted, War Plan Orange had evolved into a "Cautionary" or "Step-by-Step" plan. This version looked very much like the "Island Hopping" campaign we saw in the actual war: seizing Marshalls, then the Carolines, then the Marianas.The U.S. GDP was roughly five times larger than Japan's. Japan’s victory condition required the U.S. to lose its will to fight.
>>18431332it's interesting to see the early news reports about this; and how many reporters/columnists/politicians were trying to float the "maybe this was just a radical group within Japan and not a military attack" argument
>>18431359I mean, given how half of the shit that was going on Japan often came from lower officers starting shit either against their own politicians or start an incident to drag Japan into a Sino-Japanese war on their initiative...
>>18431359>>18431366Gekokujo, which translates roughly to "the lower ruling the higher." In the 1920s and 30s, the Imperial Japanese Army became a hotbed for radical junior officers who felt the civilian government was weak, corrupt, and "betraying" the Emperor. These officers essentially realized that if they created a fait accompli (a done deal) on the ground, the government in Tokyo would be forced to back them up to avoid losing "national face."The Mukden Incident is the textbook example. A few mid-level officers in the Kwantung Army blew up their own railway tracks in Manchuria, blamed Chinese "dissidents," and launched a full-scale invasion. The government in Tokyo was horrified, but once the public started cheering the victories, the politicians had to fall in line or risk being labeled traitors.Then junior naval officers assassinated Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi. When they were put on trial, they received massive public sympathy because they claimed they acted out of "pure" patriotism. This effectively ended civilian control over the military.Then a massive attempted coup where about 1,500 soldiers took over central Tokyo and murdered several high-ranking officials. While the coup technically failed, it scared the living daylights out of the remaining politicians, ensuring the military got whatever budget or policy they wanted from then on.It was a specific brand of ultranationalism. These officers believed they were the "true" voice of the Emperor. They viewed the Diet (Parliament) and wealthy corporations (Zaibatsu) as obstacles to Japan’s destiny. By the time the high-ranking generals or the Emperor actually tried to rein them in, the momentum toward total war was already an avalanche. It’s a classic case of what happens when a military culture rewards "initiative" over "discipline" to an extreme degree.
>>18431332Maybe they could have had Pearl Harbor and Midway gone differently.
>>18431332Trump will lose in Iran
>>18431332Ironically, the US is a lot like a modern Japan. The US has lost A LOT of ship-building capability. It has a premium navy with zero ability to replace it in case of war.
>>18431332Time to post the greentext!
>>18432031who cares about that when you already have bigger fleet than rest of the world combined
>>18432031China can't either. Long range semi autonomous weapons are so advanced no one is finishing a destroyer or larger during a full war between the US and China. US shipbuilding is fucked of course, and the naval high command needs to be all fired.
>>18431332The Japanese ruling class? NoThe Japanese lower class who forced them into it literally at gunpoint sometimes? Yes.WW2 Japan is probably the only major country to have its lower classes force the upper class into a war.
>>18432044US forced Japan into war with the oil embargo, freezing of Japanese assets, ABCD Encirclement, Flying Tigers, JB355 and Hull Note ultimatum. FDR deliberately did this because he wanted to drag America into WW2. Your cringe r*ddit greentext doesn't change this reality.
>>18432350FDR started the war, not "Japanese lower class." What are you even talking about?
