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Pearl Harbour was a great blunder done by the Japanese.
From a Military POV there is a lot to learn from it.
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Pearl Harbour was a great blunder done by the Japanese.
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In recent years, a series of behaviors of denying war crime of japanesegovernment explains the inveteracy of japanese militarism.My personal favourite was pearl harbour attack just stunned Yankees I don't think they will ever forget it. great planning and maintenance of operational secrecy I ever seen in any stealthy stike mission.
Japanese people are very brave. The Japanese defense of Iwo Jima is truly inspiring. Those brave soldiers fought to defend every inch of that Godforsaken Island just so the American's wouldn't have it easy in bombing their homeland!
Roosevelt was actually aware of the attack beforehand but he did not order any preventive measures because he viewed it as an opportunity to enter the war.
Top Japanese Weapons of WWII – Machine Guns and Pistols
Machine Guns
Type 100 Sub-Machine Gun (1940) – Though slow in adopting a weapon they could use in jungle combat, the Japanese eventually developed the Type 100 sub-machine gun. Production on the Type 100 only lasted about three years, as it was never viewed as a successful weapon. It did, however, serve as a prototype for the future development of a similar weapon of a more simple design with a greater rate of fire (1944 model).
T-99 Machine Gun – Invented in 1939, the T-99 fed into the chamber from the top. Its design was based on an earlier machine gun – the T-96. Because of the backup in Japan’s war industry, the T-99 came forth too late, making little impact on the war. Still, it was a huge improvement over previous Japanese weapons.
T-11 Machine Gun – This light machine gun was the first one the Japanese invented themselves. It was an unusual gun and far from perfect. Like many of the Japanese machine guns, it was only capable of automatic fire.
Pistols/Revolvers
Nambu Pistol – First produced in 1925, the purpose of this pistol was to supply the Japanese army with a cheap, easily-produced pistol. The major problem with this WWII weapon was, in order to remove the magazine, the gun had to be well-maintained and the individual’s hands had to be dry. This downfall is believed to have resulted in the death of many Japanese officers.
Type 94 Pistol – The Type 94 pistol was developed prior to WWII when the Japanese began seeking an even cheaper (than the Nambu) pistol. However, the Type 94 actually wound up being more expensive. First put into production in 1935, and despite being one of the worse pistols ever produced, close to 70,000 of them were produced.
Nambu Revolver – The first Nambu revolver dates back to 1893. Many of the features of this revolver were designed after western revolvers. Though well-built, this self-cocking revolver was incapable of single-action.
Top Japanese Weapons of WWII – Rifles
Type 99 – The Type 99 rifle was first introduced in 1939, though it was basically a modified (re-chambered) version of the 1938 rifle. It was fitted with a special sight that allowed a soldier to sight and hit an incoming airplane.
Arisaka - Because the Arisaka was designed in the 30th year of the Emporer Meiji (1897), it is more commonly known as the “30th Year Rifle”. The Arisaka was a much longer than average rifle – 50.25” and though its length exceeded the height of the majority of Japanese soldiers, it was a standard issue for Japan’s infantrymen. It remained in production until the end of WWII in 1945.
Several other variants of the Arisaka were used by the Japanese including the 38th Year Sniper and the 44 year Carbine. The 44 year carbine actually had a folding bayonet up under the muzzle.
Type 97 – Anti-tank Rifle – Weighing in at 152 lbs, the Type 97 was the heaviest of all anti-tank rifles. It took a crew of four to fire this fully-automatic rifle, which also capable of shooting high explosive rounds. The Japanese Navy used the Type 97 as an anti-aircraft gun.
The Japanese produced large quantities of the above weapons and used them extensively throughout WWII.
- Type 38 – over 3 million
- Type 99 – 3.5 million
- Type 30 rifles – 554,000
The Java Campaign
January, February and March 1942 was a disastrous period for the Allied cause in south-east Asia as the Japanese rapidly seized territory in the island archipelago to Australia's north. Tarakan in Borneo was occupied on 11 January; Rabaul, New Guinea, fell on 23 January and Balikpapan in Borneo on the 24th; on the night of 30-31 January, Japanese landings were made on Ambon and by 3 February Australian and Dutch forces there were forced to surrender; Singapore fell on 15 February; and by 23 February the island of Timor was virtually in enemy hands. At the end of February, only Java remained unoccupied.
Java was defended by an assortment of Dutch colonial, British, Australian and American forces. On 25 February 1942, two Japanese invasion convoys were spotted making for the eastern and western ends of the island. Attempts were made by Allied aircraft, including Hudson bombers of 1 Squadron RAAF, to bomb the convoys but despite some hits they failed to stop them. On the afternoon of 27 February, an Allied naval group, which included the cruiser HMAS Perth, attacked the enemy's eastern convoy. In the ensuing battle two Dutch cruisers and four destroyers were sunk. On the night of 28 February-1 March, the enemy's western convoy sailed through Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, anchored and began landing troops. HMAS Perth and the American cruiser USS Houston came upon the convoy and a fierce engagement ensued. In this Battle of the Sunda Strait Perth and Houston were sunk; about half of Perth's crew went down with the ship and the remainder became prisoners of war. Yet another Australian ship, the sloop HMAS Yarra, was sunk on 4 March as it escorted a convoy south of Java.
Once ashore, the western Japanese force advanced towards the towns of Batavia and Buitenzorg. Opposing them near Buitenzorg was 'Blackforce', named after its commander, Brigadier Arthur Blackburn VC, consisting mainly of non-infantry units of the 7th Division AIF. These men had been landed in Java from the Middle East just days before, some of them without their weapons or equipment. For a few days Blackburn, with some awareness of Japanese tactics, mounted a successful holding operation. However, on other battlefronts Allied troops fell back before the Japanese and by 11 March 'Blackforce' was obliged to surrender after Dutch forces capitulated. Its losses numbered about 100 killed or wounded and over 2,700 became prisoners of war.
With the Allied surrender in Java the Japanese had attained, in just over three months, an empire in the Pacific and south-east Asia.
Japanese military operations in the Dutch East Indies,
The Surrender of the Dutch,
Imperial Army assaulting Batavia
One of the things that i love about the Japanese is that how they crushed the Europeans in East & South East Asia