Why Do Most People Think Japanese Were Better Fighters In Ww2 Than Germans?
Posted by IT CommentatorSep 13
Alot of Americans think that Japanese are better than Germans in WW2 just because they would rather commit suicide or die fighting than surrender.But the facts I found state that Japanese were very ineffective in battles compared to Germans!For example,strategy.Japanese officers would recklessly waste their troops and equipment.They would command Japanese soldiers to charge at machine gun entrenchment(and a lot of Japanese troops were wasted this way).Germans on the other hand relied on cautious tactics such as flanking and ambushing.From what I read,German tactics were more effective overall!Secondly,casualties.From what I read the most Americans lost fighting the Japanese were very low(from what I read,50,000 at most)In fact,a historian stated that ”For Every American killed at least 10 Japanese were killed”!Now for the Germans.Even though America only began focusing on the German front 1944(a year before the war ended)the losses against them were much heavier than the overall losses against the Japanese!At most,Americans lost about 300,000 or 400,000(depending on your source) fighting the Germans!And its important to keep in mind that Germany has already exhausted most of her troop,money,resources,and equipment fighting the Russians by the time Americans joined!Not to mention the strategies Japanese commanders did were EXTREMELY STUPID!Japanese generals stubbornly told their troops to defend strategically useless land,and that Japanese generals stubbornly refused to adapt their tactics and strategies(see British invasion of Korea)!German generals usually did their best to adapt to the situation and did the best strategies they were able too!
Additionally the Germans had far better weaponry and mechanized vehicles than the Japanese!Also German soldiers used tactics carefully!
So how come most Americans ridiculously overrate the fighting skills of the Japanese and think the Japanese fought better than Germans?
Most Americans I know don’t think this. Because the Germans were infinitely better than the Japanese in every aspect of the war. I guess the Americans that you know are either prejudiced or ignorant of Japan’s carelessness. I mean, Japan had it’s moments, but Germany was really the most deadly power in the world. You can’t compete with that.
They don’t.
I’ve never heard of this
Your thesis is a straw man, and some of your figures are wrong. Battle death is not the measure of military competence, and your gloss on the two nations says nothing about the experiences American, Australian, and British troops faced in the Pacific War fighting the Japanese. You have also neglected the consequences of the racial hatreds between Japanese troops and their opponents which made fighting in the Pacific much, much more vicious that Europe, more like fighting on the Eastern Front. The Japanese were skillful, determined, and fearsome enemies–ask any one who fought them.