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Originally Posted by joegrundman
What, apart from backing down from Manchuria after the oil embargo was in force, could Japan have done that may have yielded a different outcome from the one that did actually develop?
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if japan had of adopted a doctrine of pulling their best pilots out of the war after so many missions to train new pilots in air combat it might have offset the disaster of their doctrine of "fly till you die".
If japan had of abandoned much earlier the strict code of entry to military leadership academies, flight school, and command school. they may have had the personal acailable to replace combat losses.
If japan had of consolidated their weapons procurement procedures and supplied the armies with consistent weapons across all units and consolidated the vastly duplicated naval and air force structure into a single service and done the same with ship building and aircraft construction they may have made a difference. prime example is the musashi and yamato class battle ships. compelete and total waste of treasure and manpower.
If japan had not relied so heavily on dispersed weapons productions basically based around the cottage industry model reserves of ammunition and weapons may have have been higher.
if japan had of adopted a early war convoy policy it would have renderd the effect of the US submarine service much smaller than it was
if japan had of taken a stronger control and emphasis over the merchant fleet
if japanese submarines had of been utilized to interdict american supply ships instead of primarly searching for warships.
if japan aircraft design doctrine had of shifted from unarmoured dueling style aircraft to a more keep the pilot alive model.
japanese commanders invariably when given a choice opted for a tactical victory sacrificing strategic objectives. pearl harbor was a prime example. tactically a massive success strategically a total and complete failure on numerous levels the highest being the total miss on the oil depot.
and last and most important if japan had of ditched that idiotic samurai mentality...