The Revisionist Attitude Towards The Pacific Theater

[Raptor1]

Ah, I see. You refer to the different side's ideologies effecting how they fought, while I was referring to the reasons behind the war itself.

Japan attacked the Western Allies in order to obtain resources so it can continue it's invasion of China, not because it's ideology demanded it attack them. Germany's invasion of Poland and later Russia was quite clearly launched with the intentions of fulfilling the ideological wishes of the Nazis (Among other things).

[Bilge_Rat]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

Ah, I see. You refer to the different side's ideologies effecting how they fought, while I was referring to the reasons behind the war itself.

Japan attacked the Western Allies in order to obtain resources so it can continue it's invasion of China, not because it's ideology demanded it attack them. Germany's invasion of Poland and later Russia was quite clearly launched with the intentions of fulfilling the ideological wishes of the Nazis (Among other things).

The difference is not that obvious. Under the Hakko Ichiu doctrine, the Japanese viewed themselves as a master race with a destiny to rule over Asia. Its not that different from the Nazi ideology:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakk%C5%8D_ichiu