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Invading China?

• pfdietz 4y ago
  That was a mistake, but not such a spectacularly fatal one. However, it does illustrate the underlying irrational process by which Japan drifted into the wider war. The decision to go to war in China wasn't the product of deliberate reasoning at the top, but was the result of actions of lower ranked hotheads in the Army.
  • ethbr0 4y ago
    I mean, that's quite a populous and geographically large nation to start a land war with. Understandably, the Japanese military was much better industrialized and equipped, but at some point bodies also count.