[rlmorel]

In the Pacific in the Solomon Islands in 1942, when we were at less than military parity with Japan, it was touch and go from December 1941 to December 1942.

The US and Japan had their hands on each other’s throats, and neither side was strong enough to put the other side away.

[Redbob]

That is more than slightly revisionist: the Japs knew damn well that if they did not totally incapacitate our naval forces in their first strike, they were toast.

They did not, and they were.

[driftless2]

True, but it was just a matter of time before the superior U.S. productivity got us the edge. At the start of the war, the Japanese were superior in many areas of war materiel. But they never progressed much. After a few years into the war, we had superior arms and a lot more of them. The Japanese were developing a jet fighter by the end of the war, but it was too little too late. And of course, at the end we had the big decider....the a-bomb.

The upshot was the Japanese grossly underestimated the U.S. war-making ability. Only Yamamoto understood what was going to happen.

[Mpatl]

Thank you for your service. I wish my generations and beyond saw the world how we do.
God Bless America,
MP

[Mpatl]

Thank you for your service. I wish my generation and beyond saw the world how we do.
God Bless America,
MP