Can Thailand be considered occupied since they joined the Japanese as allies (albeit not entirely willingly)?
talknight2 on
The irony of them conquering all of this to get more oil and rubber, but the destruction and disruption of trade this caused meant they were fighting the war with LESS oil and rubber than they had in peacetime!
Muted_Car728 on
Western Aleutians appear to be missing.
AaronicNation on
I wonder if the Chinese would have eventually prevailed without American support.
NERVmujahid on
“I am a soldier, from the common folk
I defeated the Japanese bandits, and vanquished Chiang’s brigades
I am a soldier, loyal to my country and people
The revolutionary war has tested me, and hardened my resolve”
-Anthem of the PLA Fourth Field Army.
last_laugh13 on
Should’ve been an example for Germany that you can’t overpower an enemy with far more resources and the will to fight till the end. I don’t think this applies in today’s warfare anymore, but back then it sure did
Joseph20102011 on
If Japan had been fairly treated by the Western Entente allies during the aftermath of WWI, the right-wing militarist faction wouldn’t have taken power and forced Emperor Hirohito to wage a war against the US.
Japan had to engage imperialist territorial expansionism because the Japanese territorial homeland lacks raw natural resources to fuel industrialization and at the same time, it was an overpopulated country where state-driven mass emigration to Brazil and the US was necessary to alleviate high unemployment and poverty rates among the displaced samurai class.
Please, don’t call me an Imperial Japanese apologist.
KingKohishi on
Japanese respected the borders of Mongolia while fiercely fighting with the US, because Mongolians were the only foreign force ever set foot on the Japanese islands.
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Japanese in charge in 1942, laws are tight
let don’t forget Nanjing
Can Thailand be considered occupied since they joined the Japanese as allies (albeit not entirely willingly)?
The irony of them conquering all of this to get more oil and rubber, but the destruction and disruption of trade this caused meant they were fighting the war with LESS oil and rubber than they had in peacetime!
Western Aleutians appear to be missing.
I wonder if the Chinese would have eventually prevailed without American support.
“I am a soldier, from the common folk
I defeated the Japanese bandits, and vanquished Chiang’s brigades
I am a soldier, loyal to my country and people
The revolutionary war has tested me, and hardened my resolve”
-Anthem of the PLA Fourth Field Army.
Should’ve been an example for Germany that you can’t overpower an enemy with far more resources and the will to fight till the end. I don’t think this applies in today’s warfare anymore, but back then it sure did
If Japan had been fairly treated by the Western Entente allies during the aftermath of WWI, the right-wing militarist faction wouldn’t have taken power and forced Emperor Hirohito to wage a war against the US.
Japan had to engage imperialist territorial expansionism because the Japanese territorial homeland lacks raw natural resources to fuel industrialization and at the same time, it was an overpopulated country where state-driven mass emigration to Brazil and the US was necessary to alleviate high unemployment and poverty rates among the displaced samurai class.
Please, don’t call me an Imperial Japanese apologist.
Japanese respected the borders of Mongolia while fiercely fighting with the US, because Mongolians were the only foreign force ever set foot on the Japanese islands.
No Attu and Kiska? Oh man
Had no idea they controlled *this* much
Who controlled south png?