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Except the KMT wasn't exterminating the populace, that they were locals, not foreigners and that they at least saw the peasants as something more than a resource.

Except by 44 the USN would've nearly cornered the IJN and the Soviets were on the advance in Europe, and on a side note the already lacking Japanese shipping capacity was critical by 1944 with increasing losses mounting way past replacement rates. Also having Chinese material and food doesn't...

That's just the paper strength ,the collaborators needed to be watched, put in safe Japanese controlled areas, often gave up without a serious fight, and tended to be filled with spies and corrupt commanders: just consider that they were often the corrupt warlords of the times intimidated into...

We went over that already, there was the scotched earth policy, the fact that the KMT was local and defensive posture, the fact that collaborators were quite suspect and drawn from ethnicities minorities outside China proper, and the fact that by the time one restores productivity it would be...

There lived a certain man in Russia long ago He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow Most people looked at him with terror and with fear But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear He could preach the bible like a preacher Full of ecstacy and fire But he also was the kind of teacher...

Because things changed from OTL? Because if Japan seemed like it was likely to win they would've changed behavior to suite the new conditions? Stalin never did anything for free, he saw it as bargaining chip and a chance to do in a potential threat and gain from it. The point stands, the...

Except: We are quite far from the limit. It doesn't account for increases in energy efficiency. It doesn't account for increases in energy generation efficiency. It doesn't account for advents in energy sources. It doesn't account for changes in human demand: look at oil, once it started...

This doesn't add anything to the debate How does stationing a million men in Siberia when the USSR's existence was under threat in the East any indication of the Soviets going easy on the Japanese? If they were truly tied up they would've relocated a good deal of the troops from a...

It depends on immigration policy, say if you only accept business and skilled immigrants from countries with similar cultures and standards then you can bet on a lot of high paying jobs. in Canada for example most immigrants tend to reach local wage levels by their 10th year. But if you are...

They fought delaying actions as planned to buy time for industry relocation and mobilization, where's the lack of resistance? And like I said, they never had the logistics to conquer China so where is the IJA going to get the resources and how is it going to get it past a hostile population...

But how? The warlords were already fighting each other, they wouldn't go out of their way to brutalize each other for the Japanese anymore than OTL. They weren't stupid.

More so than OTL, which was already a Jap Wank.

Logistics, my friend logistics. China was horrible for logistics, the Japanese simply didn't have the mules needed to operate far from railways/ports. (yes they used mules, not trucks) Planes don't mean much when Japan was subject to an oil embargo and the enemy was an infantry army. Also...

The thing was, plenty of the republics were already decentralizing for years from Moscow. The coup scared the republics into thinking that the reforms would be reversed and thus publicly declaring their nominal independence , but at this point the Red Army wasn't capable of militarily...

Fair enough, it's just thew way you wrote it sounded like it was "the" sole factor in the Canadian identity.

Canadian identity was always more British than Canadian, at least until the 1930's. What really made Canada Canada was all of the Empire's wars for the good of UK and nothing else, not Americans. Just put this into perspective: why would Canada, which didn't decide to join the Americans in...

Well you need a reason for it first: like some strategic point like Constantinople. It's just that none comes to mind really.

I think you are overstating a little, the US was already in an undeclared a war against Germany, it was conveniently sending war material off to Britain for "disposal" and presenting the Japaneses with a passive aggressive stance. I disagree but I suppose it's on an analysis of degree as...

Well you have to consider the cost of paper which was expensive and so the letters must be small. Considering that of an entire page of hundreds of letters they all needed to be uniform in height, length and etching replacing them was no easy task: it was something that required uniform molds to...

Hm...You are probably right, I'll have to check my books again.