>>513287348 (OP)
Military Historian here.
I studied the Pacific War in depth for over a year. This also involved running computer simulations including alternative strategies for Japan. It took into account all the economic factors, political factors, global relations, and background leading up to the war in China and against the Allies.
It just became glaringly obvious that the Japanese were fucking insane, pants on head retarded. I am not going to talk about all the incredibly stupid things they did, the mismanagement, the mind boggling irrationality that pervaded all levels of their military establishment. That would take hours and hundreds of posts.
But I can tell you this. They had no chance. None whatsoever. And they did it anyway. Absolute fucking idiots with a primitive mindset. And looking at their country today I have no reason to believe they have changed.
That said I still would.