Americans Were Better Trained, Had Superior Aircraft And An Enormous Advantage In Numbers(Ep.6)

(Memoirs of War in Pacific; Series' Part 6)Dive into the gripping history of World War II in the Pacific as we explore the causes, key battles, strategies, and outcomes of the conflict from both Japanese and Allied perspectives. Discover the historical and political context that led Japan into war, their early victories following the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the critical battles like Midway and Guadalcanal that shifted the war’s momentum. Learn about the pivotal island-hopping campaign, gain insights into Japanese military and political decision-making, and follow the relentless Allied advance leading to Japan's eventual surrender after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Finally, understand the aftermath and long-term impacts of this dramatic and consequential theater of war. Join us for a detailed journey through one of the most important chapters of World War II. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more historical insights!

[@WW2Tales]

Ladies And Gentlemen this is Part 6 of Memoirs of War in Pacific!
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[@carthy29]

Another good book, is Martin Poppel - Heaven and Hell, ( german paratroop officer, fought from 1939 to 45, everywhere )

[@JeffSherlock]

Germany and Japan built their aircraft, then started a war. The US and Britain ahd e chance to build superior aircraft,with greater speed, longer ange, and greater bomb loads, to outdo the enemy.

[@TangomanX2008]

One advantage the US had both over its enemies and some of its allies was that its factories weren't blown up as targets.

[@jeffbandle2916]

@@TangomanX2008 Yep. Yamamoto had lived in the USA as a young man and knew the people and the industrial capability. He wanted no part of a war with the US but when forced came up with the Pearl Harbor attack with the hope of destroying the Pacific fleet, including the carriers. He understood how important aircraft carriers would be in the future while the old guard still considered battleships the coin of the realm for a fleet. When they didn't get the carriers at Pearl Harbor and then the disaster at Midway, he saw the writing on the wall. To add insult to industry, the diplomatic screw up resulted in the Pearl Harbor attack being a sneak attack that enraged the country. It was only 23 years after WW1 and there were still a lot of veterans from that war around and people had no interest in getting involved in another European war. My father server in the south Pacific in WW2 and he said nobody even knew Japan was a threat until Pearl. Yamamoto understood that when they lost their carrier advantage, it would only be a matter of time as Japan would have to switch to a defensive position, away from their expansion up to that point.

[@cooljets]

The Japanese had an advantage early in the war because many of their pilots had years of experience from fighting in China.

[@Adiscretefirm]

They also had the best carrier fighter in the world in 1940, that wasn't the case a few years later

[@2Phast4Rocket]

The same can be said with the lufwaff. Their pilots had the experience fighting in Spain

[@user-ko2bx9rq3g]

Experienced Japanese pilots were never rotated back to teach what they had learned to the new guys like the Americans were. They were deployed until they were killed. Lots of knowledge that could have been passed on died with them.

[@finallyfriday.]

That experience might be over rated since the Chinese had a small and antiquated airforce. The Japs would have learned logistics and organization but not combat.

[@bobkonradi1027]

The U.S. had an arrogance early in the war that the Japanese were inferior individuals who built inferior planes, thus there was no need to fear them, or even respect them
There is a story that the Flying Tigers Commander accurately informed the brass in Washington all about the Zeros and their pilots before the Pearl Harbor attack , just how good they were, how good their planes were, and he was pooh-poohed that it was not even theoretically possible for anybody to build a plane such as he described, and also he was grossly exaggerating their flying skills. Then the American pilots were handed their lunches by the people who in theory were inferior to them, and flying the planes that were impossible to build. We got a rude awakening, and it persisted due to our own arrogance. It was our Brewster Buffalos and our other child's folly planes against their Zeros.