Lets play world war II mix and match!

[RickC Sniper]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

This was all true as long as they were fighting in jungles and islands and not in an open war (And they still lost most of those jungle and island battles). At every point the IJA fought a proper army (That is, everyone but the Chinese) in a maneuver war the Japanese were absolutely obliterated because of the lack of proper doctrine and equipment. The utterly one-sided Soviet invasion of Manchuria is probably the best example of this.

Tenacity they might well have had, but tenacity doesn't compensate for the many other deficiencies of the IJA.

+1

If you take the Japanese line infantry you also have to take their rifles, rations, boots, etc.

They did well on small islands where they had months to dig in and prepare. Put them on offense and it was a bit like mowing down zombies.