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I recalled in World War 2 fighting between German forces often involve supression and flanking. When Allied troops went into firefights, it becomes a challenge of who could fire enough bullets at the enemy first to force them to either hide behind cover or be cautious about exposing themsleves while trying to aim at enemy troops. Once on side gets suppressed, the other side continues firing to keep the enemy supressed while they send one or more of their own troops to look for openings and pathways that they could pass through without being spotted or being an easy target to shoot at so that they could shoot the enemy from unprotected areas usually the rear or sides. Because the supressed enemy is so busy trying to avoid getting shot they don't notice that troops that are going to flank them or pay minimal attention to them. Thus these troops that fired at the supressed enemies from unprotected usually easily the supressed enemy troops.
Now Iam curious did these tactics ever work in the Pacific Front against the Japanese. I mean we always hear of how Japanese soldiers insanely keep firing at Allied troops without trying to hide behind their barricades while firing. The way the Japanese soldiers portrayed when they fight, it is often as they keep firing without regard to their own lives despite having cover. Since Japanese soldiers fought like this were the Suppression tactics used so effectively in Europe against the Germans useless in the Pacific Front? Or did Japanese soldiers actually feared getting shot and actually tried to prevent exposure of themselves while trying to fire? Did Japanese soldiers use suppression on American soldiers?
I mean WW2 movies especially black and white films always show Japanese soldiers lacking regard to their lives and not bothering to take cover when firing. Often these movies also portray Japanese troops charging at enemy positions with bayonets.These same movies portray the American marines easily shooting down Japanese soldiers in positions such as trenches and with cover infront as though its a turkey hunt because the Japanese are shown so exposed and not taking caution.