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What decided the war in the Pacific was that the USA had vastly more industrial capability than Japan. Even if Japan's leaders had made all the right decisions,
by cabalamat 16y ago
What decided the war in the Pacific was that the USA had vastly more industrial capability than Japan. Even if Japan's leaders had made all the right decisions, and America's leaders done everything wrong, America would still have won any protracted war between the two countries.
- tokenadult 16y agoEven if Japan's leaders had made all the right decisions, and America's leaders done everything wrong If America's leaders had done everything wrong, they would have ended the war without big territorial gains for their side, with a negotiated peace leaving Japan in control of Asia. (That, by the way, is exactly what Japan's leaders got wrong from the strategic point of view. They really believed before the war started that that was a likely outcome of the war. They didn't count on the Allies insisting upon unconditional surrender after the sneak attacks on Pearl Harbor and Singapore.)
- run4yourlives 16y agoUS leaders did do almost everything wrong until well into the war. They were saved from their mistakes by superior equipment (especially aircraft) and eventually better and more experience personnel. They didn't start tactically winning battles until well into the Pacific Campaign.