Man bro, you really are a ******* moron eh? Even though your gutless responses do irk me, I always thought you had atleast half a brain to play with.
You do nothing but contradict yourself in this response. I have noticed this tactic with a few of you weak minded sheople. Anyway, First your claiming that Americans couldn't take on anything larger than a Jpanese company (yeah, if it's another rebel company that the Japanese were facing), Then you go on to claim that Yamamoto would never have been able to supply himself? Bullshit bro. If they landed, which I never have believed they could have accomplished anyway, but let's pretend anyway. At that point, they would have been able to supply themselves just like we did ourselves all the way to Britain and then across the English channel to Germany. Think what you want, I disagree. ~BH
Let me explain how it works..
Yamamoto would have had to land an Army of a million men with all the related supplies, aircraft, tanks, fuel, food, communications, munitions and everything else an Army needs to survive. Japan did not have a Navy capable of sustaining a force of that size from 3000 miles away. That would be Yamamotos reason he could not invade
Now, lets look at your premise. That a bunch of randomly distributed gun owners behind every blade of grass could stop an Army of a million men by taking potshots at them. An invading Army would keep its forces bunched to keep gun nuts from taking pot shots. Random shooters could not take on a trained, modern Army of a size larger than a company. There was no "well organized militia" of gun owners in 1941. They could not fight a trained invading Army
OK, RW, let me join in this little exercise. First, what you say is partially correct, as far as it goes, but it's not quite a complete analysis.Now, bearing in mind that Adm. Yamamoto was pretty familiar with America and Americans, having studied two years at Harvard, and serving two stints as Naval Attache in Washington, I'll try to analyze the problem as he might have, beginning before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Japanese army strength in 1941, was roughly 1,700,000, in some 51 divisions. However, of those , some 27 divisions were deployed in occupied China, and another 13 on the Mongolian border, facing the Soviet Union. Factor in the troops needed for the Japanese to take and then control their objectives in Asia and the Pacific, and there's not much left for an invasion of the U.S. west coast (though these could have perhaps been raised, trained and equipped, given another year or two). However, (playing the role of Yamamoto) my first priorities have to be securing my objectives, especially in Southeast Asia, which will supply the strategic raw materials Japan needs, and securing the sea lanes through which these must move. To do that I have to at least neutralize the British Royal Navy in Southeast Asia, and more importantly the U.S. Pacific Fleet. I have the strength in my fleet, to counter the Royal Navy, since most of it is tied up fighting the Germans. The Americans are another matter entirely; their Pacific fleet is a primary threat to not only my logistical lines for the invasions I have planned, but also to my fleet.
To complicate matters further, I know the industrial capacity of America, and to make matters worse, most of it is beyond the reach of any bombers Japan has, and beyond the range of my carrier bombers as well. For the time being, there is nothing I can do about this, but I know Japan cannot win a war of attrition with America. I do have a window of opportunity, but it is closing, the Americans are beginning to mobilize and prepare for a war they know must come. Right now, they are still relatively weak, but in another year....I need to strike quickly and decisively, before they strengthen that fleet. I could try to bring them to a decisive engagement perhaps in the Philippine Sea; but they surely have planned for that, as we have. My greatest advantage is my carriers; if I can do as the British did at Taranto, and knock out the heavy units of their Pacific fleet, then I can buy time for the rest of my strategy to unfold without their interference. Once those gains are consolidated, I can hope the Americans are willing to negotiate a peace; then perhaps, retaking it all may prove a larger task than they are willing to attempt. I need a year, perhaps two, and with luck, I may get it.
Note any large scale invasion of the U.S. mainland is never seriously contemplated. I haven't got the troops, or the ability to supply them, and even with their Pacific Fleet out of the way, the logistics are a nightmare; besides, supplying the homeland is my first priority. By the time that is done and secured, the Americans will be fully mobilized, and have their production capacity on a war footing; I'd need an army twice the size we have now, even to attempt it.
That sums up the situation from Yamamoto's point of view. Japan in 1941 simply could not have mounted more than a threat-in-being of an invasion, EVEN IF they had gotten the American carriers at Pearl Harbor, even if they had won at Midway six months later. Their conquests in the Far East, and maintaining the sea lifelines of their island nation, HAD to be the first priority. It was a matter of exploiting a window of opportunity, and winning quickly, or not winning at all. That concept may have been lost on some other members of the Japanese General Staff; it was not lost on Yamamoto.
I'll try to throw some alternate scenarios in another post that would have permitted at least a Japanese attempt at invasion (which I think would have failed, IF they had the troops and the logistics capability in 1941 to try). In that, you'll see how, while it might not have had much effect initially, partisan warfare in the U.S. would have helped defeat any invasion, if it had come.