Explain the combination of techniques used to defeat Japan, 1942-1945?
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Plain and simple...we out produced them.  This is not only how we defeated Japan but also Germany.  We produced far greater numbers of carriers, battleships, guns, aircraft etc etc.  Japan did not have the resources to go toe to toe with us in all out warfare.  They believed that if the attack on Pearl Harbor was succesfull, that America would not retaliate by declaring total war on Japan.  In that sence, one could say that they defeated themselves by underestimating American will.  \n  Island hoping was a very costly technique that was used effectively against Japan as well.  It had a devastating toll on life on both sides.  Another thing Japan did not count on was the fact that after they destroyed most of our battle-ships in Pearl Harbor, we would replace our ships with more modern versions than the ones destroyed....not to mention none of our aircraft carriers were hit in the Pearl Harbor attack.  Logistics also had a large roll on the war in the Pacific.  We effectively blocked most of the supplies Japan needed to conduct warfare against America by sinking supply ships that were on their way to Japan.  Japan being an island nation did not have the material resources on the island to keep pace with American industry...neither did Germany.  I believe this to be the main reason Japan attacked China and Mongolia before the U.S., for material resources.  There is much more but I'm tired of typing....good luck.
51554
Here's some good info to have.\nThere's a lot more info on the net than just the links I put, all you have to do is just type in Japanese swords or Samurai swords or anything like that in yahoo search or google or whatever search engine you use.
1143694
I used to live in Japan and I have been to Hiroshima. As horrible as it was I really think the bombs saved lives on both sides. I have met older Japanese who have told me about being trained to repel the invasion with bamboo spears as children. Even after Nagasaki an anti-surrender faction attempted a coup. A blockade might have been an alternative strategy but then a lot of Japanese would have starved to death. Don't forget that there were POWs and civilian internees that were dieing from disease and starvation at the time in Japanese camps. Truman's first responsibilty was to bring the war to it's earliest possible conclusion.
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The best way to retaliate in case of a nuclear confrontation is to have a second strike capability. That is, to attack the aggressor with nuclear tipped ICBM's (like Prithvi and Agni missiles)placed strategically in different parts of the country. Second option is to use deep penetrating nuclear capable fighter planes (like Mirage-2000 and Sukhoi30's that India has in its inventory). Third and the most lethal option is to strike from nuclear submarines.
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the first post is all there.\nthe only thing i'll add is in the east japan invaded china and korea, and progessed up to india, part of the british empire. this forced britain into a war with japan. america was going to attack japan, which led japan to a pre-emptive attack; Pearl harbour.\nalthough it was all WWII the war in europe and the war in the east were independant of eachother and both had their own starting points
693693
China! Japan jointly dev missle defense w/ US, opened embassy in Taiwan, working on treaty to deploy combat forces alongside US in defense of Taiwan. Taiwan just dropped reunification cmte to huge PRC protest. Much more. Recall our lost navy spy plane/crew, Japan just chased a PRC sub out of their waters, PRC def buildup, ROC buyingg subs w/ US foreign aide. Cold war is started & the navy trains for a hot one.
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There's the left and right answer:\n\nThe lefties say:  A) Japan was ready to surrender, B) the bombs were used as a demonstration of U.S. power for the Soviet Union.  \n\nThey also say:  1) The oft repeated in U.S. history books and history programming that there would be the loss of 100s of thousands of U.S. soldiers if Japan was invaded is incorrect.  2) Japan had approached the King of Sweden for to notify the U.S. that they were ready to negotiate.  3) U.S. wanted an unconditional surrender which would allow U.S. corporations to open up Japanese markets.  4) Russia was about to enter the war against Japan now that German was defeated, and the U.S. didn’t want Russia to be part of the partitionoing of the orient, ie, no Eastern Bloc as was done in Europe. \n \nMy feelings are that the US was justified knowing that the Japanese totally rejected the Potsdam demands, had waged total war including the sneak attack on American soil, and had demonstrated suicidal defenses of Okinawa and Iwo Jima, among others, and with the Soviets ready to jump in, i'd say Truman made the right choice.  The Cold War was already looming and better to get US hegemy in the Orient sooner than face the prospect of another Soviet bloc theatre. do i feel sorry for the men, women and children who were vaporized? sure i do, the same sorrow for those who suffered the firestorms of Dresden and Tokyo, but a full scale war was going on and me in my easy living life of 2006 can't possible denounce what was happening 50 years ago.\n\nCheck out the following site for a good overview of the decisions leading up to the detonationsl, including copies of the English translation of leaflets dropped before the bombing.
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Because Japan was able to cooperate with European nations and thus avoid the destruction that affected most of southern Asia and Oceania, Japan was able to begin building a large industrial and military infrastructure, then with help from European mentors Japan started to push out and take responsibilities in Asia. Japan was able to seize Korea and Formosa (Taiwan) first in wars with China. Then, during the Russo-Japanese War, Japan was given economic power and right to defend Manchuria, which they later annexed as Manchukwo. During the First World War, Japan declared on the side of the Western Allies, and at the Versailles Treaty in 1919 Japan was given the League of Nations mandate over the former island posessions of Germany in the Pacific Ocean (Carolinas, Marshalls, Bismark Islands, etc). In 1937, after quarrels with China over Manchuria, Japan began the actual invasion of China, which would bog their military down for almost ten years. When France was conquered by Germany in 1940, Japan reached a protective agreement with the French authorities in Indochina, then actually seized the entire province in 1941 which led to America placing economic sanctions. In the opening move of Japan's part in the Second World War, Japan seized Hong Kong, Malaya and Singapore, Indonesia, northern New Guinea, the Philippines, Guam and Wake. In early 1942, Japan took the Solomon Islands and Guadalcanal, and made an effort to seize the remaining southern portion of New Guinea to isolate Australia and New Zealand, but were turned back at the aircarft carrier fight in the Battle of the Coral Sea. The Japanese army was advancing through Burma and into the frontier of India, but were stopped at Imphal. With these setbacks, Japan felt it had to knock the American navy out of the war right away, thus the overextended plan for the ambush at Midway, which of course turned out to be an ambush against the Japanese navy. From that point on, Japan was not able to mount offensive operations until late 1944 in the South China Sea with disastrous results in what was called the Leyte Gulf Turkey Shoot.
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At least one technique is "drawing and Quartering'. This was a technique inspired by the Europeons, ironnicly. It invloves disemboling the victim while they still live and setting the intestines on fire as they watch. The eurpoeans would then cut the body to pieces, but the vietcong often saw higher value in leaving a recognizble corpse.\n\nBeheading also occured, altough the North Vietnamses regulars were fond of simply shooting thier victims by firing squad.
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The attack on Pearl Harbor and the resulting war between Japan and the Allied powers appears to be the culmination of a series of events and decisions that began in the 19th century. By the mid-19th century, western imperialism had come to east Asia. Various European powers had taken control of India, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and various islands in the Pacific. After defeating the Qin Dynasty of China in the Opium Wars, several western imperial governments forcibly exploited China's resources. The Japanese were shocked by the European defeat of the Qin dynasty and the resulting conquest of Chinese territory and resources. It was also around this time, in 1853, that Commodore Perry appeared in Tokyo Bay with the "Black Ships" and ordered the isolationist, Tokugawa shogunate government of Japan to open trade with the west. The U.S. appeared to support the other western powers in their exploitation of China, even sending troops to help put-down the Boxer Rebellion. The U.S. also gained control, through victories in the Spanish American War, of several significant territories in the east Asia/Pacific area by the end of the 19th century, most notably the Phillipines and Guam.\n\nIn 1868, Japan's Tokugawa shogunate was forcibly replaced with a new government model during the Meiji restoration. Japan's new government's decided to try to achieve parity with the western powers, believing that the only other alternative was helpless victimization, as had happened to the Qin Dynasty.\n\nThus, Japan embarked on a period of significant economic, political, and military expansion (citation pending). In order to fund this expansion, resource-poor Japan embarked on a series of their own imperialistic moves that brought it into conflict with neighboring powers. In 1894, Japan defeated the then current Chinese government and took control of Taiwan. In 1904, Japan defeated Russian forces and took control of Russian territories in and around China and the Korean peninsula. In 1910, Japan took all of the Korean peninsula. Japan supported the UK and U.S. side in World War I and, as a reward, was awarded control of former German possessions in the central Pacific. In 1931, Japan forcibly established a "puppet" state in Manchuria. In 1937, having made further progress in constructing a large and modern navy and army, Japan initiated a large-scale of invasion of mainland China, attacking from Manchuria and at several points along China's Pacific coast.\n\nJapan's invasion of China now appeared to directly threaten the assets and territories of several of the western powers, including Great Britain (UK) and the U.S., who were strong allies. The move also threatened the U.S.' "Open Door Policy" concerning China. The U.S. and UK responded at first with diplomatic pressure, condemning Japan's aggression in China. Japan didn't back down, but instead continued it's military campaign in China and formally aligned itself with the Axis Powers in 1940. The U.S. responded with economic sanctions, including partial or full embargoes of scrap metal and gasoline, renouncing previously-signed trade agreements between the two countries, and closing the Panama Canal to Japanese shipping. Again, the Japanese didn't back down and, in 1941, invaded northern Indo-China. The U.S. response was to freeze Japanese assets and initiated a complete oil embargo.\n\nOil was the most valuable and crucial resource that Japan required. In addition to fueling Japanese military operations, oil was vital for core economic activities. 80% of Japan's oil imports came from the U.S. Diplomatic negotiations climaxed with the Hull note of November 26, 1941, which Prime Minister Hideki Tojo described to his cabinet as an ultimatum. Therefore, Japan now had an important decision to make- either to comply with the U.S. and UK demands and back down from its aggression in China and the surrounding areas, or go to war w
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Chuck Norris ended world war 2... He farted in a can and threw  it at Japan!
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the ethical issues of the atomic bomb aside, the japanese military was quite prepared to fight to the last man, woman, and child in a US-led invasion of japan.  the loss of life on both sides would have been horrific and much greater than that caused by the atomic bombs.  the sheer magnitude of their destruction was basically a huge wake-up slap to the japanese military and forced them to admit that they could not win the war.
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When 2 or more forces combined to make a more powerful result than one individual force. (Teamwork best productive)\nCheck out the below website for better understanding
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I believe the army air corps and navy air did far more damage than artillery of WWII. Besides the two a-bombs dropped on Japan, the carpet bombing of Dresden is a prime example of the devastation left in the wake of bombing runs. That example was played over and over again in Europe, as well as the island campaigns of the south Pacific.  Then again, naval gun fire played an awfully large part in the Pacific, so I'm going to revise my answer by saying, in Europe air power was more significant, whereas in the Pacific, artillery and naval gun fire were dominant, excluding the A-bombs of coarse.
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no, cos the two wars they fought with the oppostion haveing air and sea power proved america can not fight a country with those capabilities, the second world war the soviets won as even the german admitted after, the pacific war ,america resorted to use two atom bombs to make the japs surrender, there is a saying, "never fight an enemy who could hit you back twice as hard"
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germany,Japan,Italy (Axis powers)
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The only successful wars are those won by overwhelming force.  The wars that are ended through diplomacy only always boil back over later on.  Think of the difference between WW2 and Korea.  We baked the Japanese and they are now close friends of ours.  We negotiated an end to the Korean War, and we are still dealing with the pot-bellied dog-eating dictator, and now he's pointing his puny half-a**ed nukes at us. The only final victory is a complete victory.