It reminds me of how the U.S. and Britain underestimated Japan just before WW2. They thought Japan was a bunch of funny little men, not really competent at fig

It reminds me of how the U.S. and Britain underestimated Japan just before WW2. They thought Japan was a bunch of funny little men, not really competent at fighting. This led to a very rude awakening in Dec 1941 and throughout much of 1942 when the Japanese Navy proved to be extremely competent and, together with the Army, seized a lot of territory across the Pacific (Singapore, Philippines, etc)