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FLYBOYJ said:From an earlier quote by wmaxt...Sal Monella said:What if the Japs had Mc-202's instead of Zeros?
"The Japanese attitude of single combat and the plane as a personal wepon froze tactics, even though they had proven ineffective. Worse, the assumption that the aircraft was no more than a sword waiting for its master to weild precluded quick or radical upgrades to their aircraft, ie a sword is a sword."
I think they still would of got smoked....
book1182 said:I agree. The Japanese still didn't use group tactics at the end of the war. They believed in self honor in the fact that dieing in battle was better than winning the battle.
don't forget the rats! Yummie!DerAdlerIstGelandet said:Give them a bag of rice and tell them to catch fish and eat fruit.
DerAdlerIstGelandet said:Yeah but some of the rats on those places could probably eat them.
Twitch said:But still abandoning the troops was NOT planned. They were cut off due to enemy actions. Even then supplying was well planned to the point of constructing supply subs beforehand.
BINGO!!!wmaxt said:Or to put it bluntly if its ok to rape and kill 400,000 in Nanking or 250,00 for the Doolittle raid, whats 100 noncoms? wmaxt
book1182 said:They believed in self honor in the fact that dieing in battle was better than winning the battle
book1182 said:They believed in self honor in the fact that dieing in battle was better than winning the battle