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This is a common-sense argument claiming what the force which has ~9 times more productivity (i.e. US vs Japan) always wins. The argument (9 times manpower or industry = decisive victory) is demonstrably false. Counter-example: Winter War of 1939-1940 (manpower ratio: 54:1, result: weaker...

The poorly performing torpedoes of US Navy has happened because US Navy during interwar period has very limited funding specifically for torpedo testing. Making joint and larger budget for aerial bombs and torpedoes testing will likely catch the design failures of torpedo detonators earlier...

The effective garrison for policing the entire China was about 2 millions of Japanese (assuming standard ratio of 1 policeman per 200 locals, good if no organized resistance present). This amount the Japanese state can sustain for several years, if (as History Learner mentioned) the aftermath of...

The surrender of OTL Japan in 1942 would mean nearly instant coup by army and navy elements who think they are still winning. To prevent this, you likely need a POD related to Japanese information media policies deep into 19th century, and that change will likely prevent Japanese participation...

Japan was never in the forefront of Internet development, mostly because of quasi-underground early internet societies been shunned in Japan. Most notably, the Bitcoin. Although likely invented by men of Japanese descent, the inventor never publicly endorsed his authorship, probably because...

Yes, it was very high social pressure to keep 3 kids per family. Therefore, then demographic transition has happened in 1974, it was pretty abrupt because the families were already stressed. Yes, for domestic consumption driven economics low income per capita stifles economic growth. For...

It is more like personal experience. You can see that abandoned properties which became illegal or non-insurable. You can even encounter some regulation-driven technological regress like disused personal monorails and cablecars at former hillside properties, and pattern is different from simply...

It is one of the sources i use in WWIIg project on sourceforge. I do not currently have a georeferenced timeslice for May 1940 though, and likely it mean you need to create it yourself. My current timeslice format is CSV. With geo-referencing in machine-readable format as i did it is easy to do...

The continued growth would require increased worker`s productivity or exponential growth of workforce. Increase of productivity has become difficult as infrastructure companies (including transportation) has grown increasingly lucrative and monopolistic (hence ineffective), stifling the growth...

By 1942, the Soviet Far East Front was reduced to skeleton divisions stripped of all heavy equipment, and coastal defense sectors (where some heavy equipment remained because it physically cannot be moved) manned by least capable staff. The quality of staff was such what a number of 18-cm...

Japanese Navy had a dedicated brigade-sized elite amphibious unit (so called SNLF) which went through major overhaul in 1936. Experience with it have helped to form similar Army regiments (called "landing regiments") by early 1939. Amphibious organization was still frequently relied on makeshift...

The China is definitely gutted. Not so much sure about India or Africa. Both Sahara and Himalayas are awfully good defensive areas, although for different reasons. Anyway, the main theater of war is still England and northern Atlantic, therefore i am not sure Axis/Soviet will seriously attack...