>>213696853
>emphasize hand to hand combat and CQC training in an era of mechanized combined arms warfare
>only have WWI tier guns, no squad SMGs or anti tank weapons
>their only tanks are also WWI tier
>medieval-tier logistics meaning they never have enough ammo or even food
>regularly lose 80-90% of their men due to preventable starvation or diseases
>get completely curbstomped by the same Russian army that itself got curbstomped by fucking FINLAND in 1939, so badly they decide to not attack USSR for remainder of the war
>retarded military culture means commanders operate independently, often lead suicidal banzai charges defying their commander's orders
>only combat effective against Chinese peasants armed with spears and muskets
>zerg rush barely defended colonial garrisons until that US navy and marine corps blow them the fuck out
>their most battle hardened veteran army gets mopped up in 2 weeks across an area the size of France, faster than the German blitzkrieg
it's time to stop romanticizing the japanese and recognize that they were actually worse than the italian army in WWII

>>64107865
really, the Japanese are easily the worst major military involved in WWII.
>no SMGs, WWI-era infantry weapons and fighting vehicles
>only have shitty interwar light tanks, don't decide to build a medium tank until the war is basically over
>gets their shit pushed in by any army that isn't made up of chinese peasants or half-strength backwater colonial garrisons
>don't invest in AT weapons at all
>in an era of mechanized warfare and combined arms, decide to prioritize infantry training on... light infantry CQC and hand to hand combat
>hands down medieval-tier logistics, regularly lose 90% of your men to starvation and preventable diseases.
>pants on head retarded military culture, leads to numerous disastrous defeats with commanders refusing to cooperate in the heat of battle or command suicidal banzai charges just because they felt like it
>their own armed forces refuse to cooperate and their strategic goals are decided by internal power struggles between the army and navy, not by the state itself

>>17809525
The Soviets maintained significant reserves in Siberia and the far east throughout WWII so the idea that it would've been a walk in the park for them is laughable. The Japs had WWI tier ground tactics and equipment which favoured them in tiny fortified island garrisons and against Chinese peasants armed with spears, but not against a mechanized military with state of the art tanks, artillery and aircraft.

reminder that the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, the size of France, took only 2 weeks and was done almost entirely by green reservists who had been sitting in the far east for all of WWII

>>63893742
For example during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, cavalry were deployed in regions deemed impossible by the Japanese to launch mobile assaults from such as the Gobi desert, mountain ranges or thick taiga. They were able to operate at similar speeds to motorized units in places where it was impossible for motorized vehicles to operate logistically