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Yes Japan has almost no natural resources which is why they invaded Asian countries in the first place. But allied submarines and seaplanes were hammering their
by MomoXenosaga 5y ago
Yes Japan has almost no natural resources which is why they invaded Asian countries in the first place.
But allied submarines and seaplanes were hammering their supply lines constantly to the point they could barely get anything shipped to Japan.
The war was a Japanese gamble and quite a few intelligent Japanese predicted it would fail.
- magicsmoke 5y agoThat's the reason behind why Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931. Japan's invasion of the rest of China though was an act of militaristic hubris that caused a net loss in resources over 4 years and led them to invade the rest of southeast asia to patch this hemorrhage which then drew the US into the conflict with its oil embargo. Japanese military planners in 1937 knew an invasion of China would be a waste of precious resources for little potential gain. But they were sidelined by younger military officers that wanted a shot at battlefield glory and ignored orders from above for a ceasefire after the Marco Polo bridge incident. And after the first battlefield victories started rolling in it became politically impossible to halt the momentum for continued war.