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  1. Could Soviet Union Defeat Japan?

    The IJA won't achieve air superiority. The Luftwaffe only managed that on a tactical level, and the Germans had vastly superior platforms. The IJA fighter at the time is the Ki-27, which was remarkably maneuverable, but might as well as have been made out of spun sugar. It give the Soviets...
  2. Could Soviet Union Defeat Japan?

    That is rather the problem. The IJA did very well, against all odds, against colonial forces. This reinforced their already standing belief that audacity and élan were superior to firepower. As far as the IJA's tactical thought for the rest of the war, the best thing that could have happened to...
  3. Could Soviet Union Defeat Japan?

    By WW II the difficulty with the IJA, compared to the Western forces, was both structural and, much more importantly, tactical. IJA formations tended to be "light" on heavy weapons, especially guns over 90mm (the standard IJA divisional TOE had no guns over 90mm, while the Soviet TOE had 44, the...
  4. Could Soviet Union Defeat Japan?

    IJA get destroyed. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Light infantry formations against combined arms units is a non starter. I will once again repeat one of the things that thesis arguments tend to ignore. The IJA's last defeat of a fully equipped and supplied "Western/European" ground force...
  5. "They're coming in too fast!"

    No tougher than explaining how you attacked the enemy with an unarmed prototype bomber. Key here is comparing apples to apples. You quoted data related to a prototype designed specifically to break a world record, not a combat capable aircraft (the one with an extra 300 +/- kg of...
  6. Could Britain/France Defeat Japan?

    Again, have to disagree. Germany in 1939 was not the Germany of even 8 months later, much less two years later. Armor numbers were considerably higher, as was the per vehicle quality. Troops were either long term mobilized and/or combat veterans, at least with a strong leavening of veteran...
  7. Could Britain/France Defeat Japan?

    I would strongly disagree that it is fantasy. Low probability? Yes. The German defensive positions both in the Saar region and elsewhere were incomplete. The divisions assigned were primarily Wave II mobilization units and almost pure infantry, with no significant armor elements anywhere...
  8. "They're coming in too fast!"

    So we take a 367 mph unarmed recon aircraft and match it up with a pre-production unarmed Spitfire at 407 MPH. Notice the problem here? The reputed Luftwaffe super aircraft is 40 mph slower than the equivalent RAF fighter. Fun with math!
  9. Could Britain/France Defeat Japan?

    I seriously doubt that Italy would be engaged, even in a minor way. The Italian entry was more predicated on getting a seat at the table than any actual desire to act in concert with the Reich. If Germany gets stuffed in 1939/early 1940, per the OP (and it is a not unreasonable POD give the...
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