Give me some "holy sh... did that just happen" ideas

[ElAurens]

Originally Posted by Xilon_x

i am convinced if U.S.A. not use atomik bomb Japan winn the war.

Ah, the ignorance of youth.

Imperial Japan lost the day they opened the wider Pacific war.

A. They commited all their reserves from the outset.

B. Their industrial capacity and expertise in manufacturing was well below US and European standards. Yes, they had some very good designers and designs, but no way to bring them to fruition.

C. The Imperial Japanese military was a totally tactical one. Once they had taken all there initial gains, in the first six months of the war they had no way to capitalize on their success. They had next to no force of combat engineers, no organized logistics command, no natural resources to speak of (why they started the war in the first place), no effective anti-submarine capability, and a totally flawed, extremely racially based assessment of how the US and Britain would react. They thought we would cave in and surrender. Hence they were not prepared in any way for a war lasting longer than a year.

In short, they didn't have a chance to win.