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To: spokeshave

Japan and Germany would have eventually come to blows.


16 posted on 08/17/2025 3:22:17 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator; spokeshave

Gentlemen,

I don’t think they could have won. Or held the conquered nations down for more than a brief amount of time.

Japan and Germany were simply too small to do so. Numbers and economic power matter most in a war, and to maintain the rule over conquered nations, you will need so-called soft power, i.e. a culture which appeals to the vanquished. That was also sadly (?) missing.


71 posted on 08/17/2025 11:54:48 PM PDT by Menes
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