Who had the strongest military before World War II, Japan or the United States?

Updated on military 2024-03-14
4 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    In fact, in World War II, Japan's economy far surpassed that of Italy, and the gap between it and the British and German economies was only two to three times, and the industrial production capacity was generally weaker than that of Britain and Germany, but stronger than that of Italy.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    <> "How Strong Was Japan's Military Power in World War II?"

    In the 30s of the last century, Japan, Germany, and Italy began to expand in order to satisfy their own ambitions. In less than two years, Germany gradually cleaned up the other countries one by one, and Japan also conquered many countries in Asia within a few years, but fought on the battlefield in China for 14 years.

    And Japan is only a small island country, how can it attack a powerful country like China or even the United States? First of all, after the reform of the law, Japan began to gradually become stronger, especially in terms of military industrial strength, which can be compared with Germany.

    At that time, Japan already had aircraft carriers, and there were also Zero fighters, and the Zero fighters at that time were even the most advanced in the entire world, and even defeated American fighters, not only that, but the combat effectiveness of Japanese soldiers at that time was also quite strong, and a Japanese soldier could single-handedly take on soldiers from several other countries.

    In addition, we must deeply know a truth, that is, Japan's bushido spirit is very strong, and the national cohesion is very strong, there are no traitors, this author is very admirable, we often bury Japan, but the chaos of Japan will not be backward because of our burying.

    After the end of World War II, Japan regained its economic strength in just a few decades and was the only developed country in the whole of Asia.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    At the beginning of World War II.

    United States. The Navy is 345 ships of 1.43 million tons.

    17 battleships, 8 aircraft carriers, 18 heavy cruisers, light cruisers.

    19 ships, destroyers.

    165 ships and 106 submarines, including the Pacific Fleet.

    There were 9 battleships, 3 aircraft carriers, 12 heavy cruisers, 9 light cruisers, and destroyers.

    67 and 12 submarines. In the face of the combined fleet, there is already a clear shortage of forces.

    At the beginning of the war, the total strength of the Japanese navy was 236 ships and 1.19 million tons, which exceeded the equivalent of the United States under the treaty.

    60%, while approaching 80%, the total strength is:

    10 battleships, 10 aircraft carriers, 18 heavy cruisers, 20 light cruisers, destroyers.

    112 ships, 75 submarines, when World War II broke out, the British Navy had the Home Fleet, the Mediterranean Fleet, the Far East Fleet and the Reserve Fleet, with a total strength of 10,000 people, and the main combat ships were.

    12 battleships, battle cruisers.

    3, 8 aircraft carriers, 15 heavy cruisers, 49 light cruisers, 119 destroyers, 64 frigates, 45 minesweepers, 69 submarines, with a total tonnage of about 1.3 million tons.

    The force was huge, but it had to deal with the German blockade of the North Sea routes, the difficult anti-submarine warfare in the Atlantic, and the Italian navy in the Mediterranean.

    The challenge of monitoring the naval forces of surrendered France, the interests of colonies in the Indian Ocean in the Middle East, the aggressive threat of Japan in the Far East. It's no surprise that they're stretched thin.

    The naval strength was stronger than that of the British navy, and the British naval strength was stronger than the Japanese naval strength.

    The United States is first, the United Kingdom is second, and Japan is third. (1.43 million tons, 1.3 million tons, 1.19 million tons).

    1941 1945 year.

    Japan produced a total of 17 aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 9 cruisers, 63 destroyers, and 147 submarines.

    The United States produced 131 aircraft carriers (including escort carriers), 10 battleships, 48 battleships, 355 destroyers, 498 frigates, and 203 submarines. In terms of quantity alone, we can see the gap between Japan and the United States in terms of production capacity, small Japan only built 63 destroyers during the entire World War II, while the United States had more than 740 anti-submarine ships built and launched during the same period!

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Japan's front was too long, its troops were seriously insufficient, and because it took too many years in China, its national strength was seriously depleted

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