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Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner
So, on top of getting nothing out of a campaign against the Soviets, the Japanese foolishly throw their entire army into Manchuria (etc.) leaving the home islands undefended along with other areas requiring garrisons. They denude their merchant fleet to move these troops to China and wreck their economy.
Maybe you should rethink your above scenario a bit before making absurd claims about what could be done.
By the by, the US Army Order of Battle of the Japanese Armed Forces 1 Sept 1945 lists only 125 divisions (including many that were previously destroyed) in existance during WW 2 for the Japanese. Just thought you might want to know that.
If anything, it seems the whole scenario is geared to providing a means to give the Germans a win in the East rather than the Japanese. I doubt the later nation would have been so cooperative in a losing venture for another nation they had no close ties to.
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I have pointed out several key issues several times with you, you obviously avoid them, so there is not much more i can do, you avoided issues like
Denied transference of troops from Eastern Commands westward and their no show on the Soviet Western Fronts which would have been millions of troops the Germans never faced.
What numbers of T-34/76's were allocated in the east at the time.
Topography, if Japan was hindered in mechanised movements then that also applies to the Soviets.
Air Power, Red Air Force facing a combined Imperial Naval and Army Air Forces and Carrier Based Aircraft and Soviet aircraft comparibale to the Mitsubishi Zero as of 22nd June 1941 in the east.
Allied help, No US involement at all, so Lend Lease, No Operation Torch (North Africa, Sicily, Italy), No Operation Overlord, No combined US, British bomber offensive on Germany.
Trans-Siberian Railway and it's importance to the supply to the troops in the east from the Urals. "Et AL".