ORIGINAL: ElvisJJonesRambo
Japan had been fighting a war since 1936. That is what experience is. Germany: Poland, Norway, France, Balkans, Yugoslavia, Greece, Crete, N.Africa, Russia...
I'm very aware of what battles and outcomes happened in history. If you want to talk about a fair playing field the Axis never had that. Always out supplied, out gunned, out produced, out air forced, out everything. All they had was their experience. It was the same with the American Civil War. The South was out everthinged but they had more experience and better generals. We can argue all day about this and never get anywhere...
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@Tanaka
LOL
Very typical for the German Panzer General Worship. When Nazis win a battle/theater it's because that had this focused, trained, & superior leadership. Wow, Poland. They attacked a bunch of sleeping farmers with Tanks. Should we call the Fuhrer and hand out Iron Crosses. Who's the military genius who forgot to pack winter coats in Russia, maybe they skipped that day of Bunta Training.
As we know, General Lee won battle after battle, early. He certainly blew it at Gettysburg. What was he even doing in Western Pennsylvania. That's a difficult drive in my new Tesla in 2020. There's nothing of value there, now or then. Maybe warehouse full of shoes, doesn't take the Army of the North Virginia to cut a rail line. That's Jeb Stuart's job. And old Jeb didn't even show. Bad move, Robert. One could even say, "Experience gives you false confidence". Both the South & Germany could have won the war.
It's like my personal life. I play competitive golf. Experience & practice does not correlate into victory. Either you the "It factor" or you don't. How about the Connor McGreggor vs Nate Diaz fights? David vs Goliath. Patton vs Rommel.
The Japanese clearly had head start, and a balanced playing field in the Coral Sea, Guadalcanal, Midway. They lost. It wasn't due to a factory in Detroit.
Handicapping Generals is like betting UFC fights. Dudes can have a 15-0 record, but wait to they meet the real deal in the ring. Same with betting NBA, NCAAB, home field advantage is huge.
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Not talking about winning or losing at all. You know what you are right. Live battle in any form gives no experience. Neither the South nor Germany could have won the war. Their experience and expertise only prolonged it.
