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they know the American continent is geographically unassailable. That's 'magical thinking'. No doubt the Japanese thought pretty much the same in 1942. That's
by simonblack 7y ago
they know the American continent is geographically unassailable.
That's 'magical thinking'.
No doubt the Japanese thought pretty much the same in 1942. That's why the Dolittle Bombing Raid on Tokyo was such a shock to their systems.
- ethbro 7y agoThe Doolittle Raid was military insignificant, and in no way should have altered Japan's belief that their home islands were geographically unassailable. Even in 1945, with the Imperial Japanese Navy suppressed or destroyed and their supply chain in tatters, an invasion would have been incredibly costly. Occupying enemy territory, across an ocean, with a large population of civilians disinclined to cooperate, is never easy.