Military Vs Japanese Military Strategy

Strategy is used in everyday life, whether swearing protection unto one’s country, defending their people with great nationalism; it is used in any shape or form. Primarily, strategy now is focused onto military topics, much like ones devised during World War II. These strategies foreign countries, such as Germany and Japan, differ yet carry a resemblance in a way. The military strategies Japanese soldiers used were more efficient than the German’s. Not all strategies differ; Japanese and German troops initiated expansions. Japanese soldiers had issued dominations of East Asia from extreme nationalism coursed through their traditional blood (Clancey). They’re driven by this nationalism to prove their enemies they are the most power culture, …show more content…
Their previous tactics were disguising themselves as Chinese civilians to complete the task at hand, soon converging overall into a ‘gendercide’ known as The Nanjing Massacre (Jones). A stealthy tactical advance much like this is especially resourceful when one attempts to control their enemy’s land. For Germany, their ambitions lies expanding and recollecting lost land by false promised peace, but the Japanese’s similar goals met a more brutal state amidst the Nanjing Massacre. What implies their strategies more resourceful are purposely ‘fishing’ their prey upon Japan’s waters, leading the parade astray with a false sense of security as Japan’s suicide bombers dived into each and every American naval fleet (WGBH). This method of persuasion allows an efficient way of demolishing one’s enemies simultaneously, yet sacrificing their own members in the process. Germany’s own tactic of disorganizing their enemies through their own mobile forces, renowned as ‘Blitzkrieg’, focused more on threatening the enemy’s lines of supplies and communication, and misleading them in an unexpected direction of battle (LLC). In the seas beforehand, Japan required Ore and Petroleum for supplies and strategic purposes; however, they required careful planning against American fleets housed at Pearl Harbor (U.S. Army…). By neutralizing and seizing America’s Pacific bases, crippling them immensely, Japan is free to invade neighboring countries for personal operations (U.S. Army…). The Japanese’s intents concurred a temporary stall of American fleets in secrecy by these surprise attacks, and achieved this with fortified boundaries in hope Americans would negotiate peace (U.S.