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> so much as it's lack of bulldozers [to, e.g., build airfields] The Japanese didn't need bulldozers. They had conscripted local labor and their planes could
by nl 4y ago
> so much as it's lack of bulldozers [to, e.g., build airfields]
The Japanese didn't need bulldozers. They had conscripted local labor and their planes could take off and land on dirt strips.
- throw0101c 4y agoThe Imperial Japanese Navy thought otherwise, given that they commissioned Komatsu to build a whole bunch: * https://www.kenkenkikki.jp/museum/bulldozer/e_bull1930-04.html https://www.kenkenkikki.jp/museum/bulldozer/e_bull1930-04.ht... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komatsu_Limited https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komatsu_Limited