Thread: Japanese Bombing of Pearl Harbor

Originally Posted by Sei-chan

Japan never had a chance to win their war with America, because:
1) they were fighting a seperate war to dominate Asia before America intervened, and that war had already sucked up most of their war resources and manpower
2) many of their soldiers were being stationed in remote areas around Asia without food and ammunition, and very low morale.
3) America easily bombed all of Japan's mainland (excluding six target cities meant for atomic bombs) killing civilians and decreasing morale.
4) America had surrounded Japan's mainland, occupying China and the Phillipines.

Japan had no chance of winning once America entered the war. The lost the moment they bombed Pearl Harbor.

Ye but like i said if the Japanese disided to contineu the third wave then they could have forced the US fleet back to San Francisco, one of the reasons it could have cone defrent is becose the third wave would have cone directly over the weapons depot and if a bomb would have hit the weapons depot then the US fleet in Pearl Harbor would have lost there ammunition.
That would mean that they would be forced to go back to San Francisco to get ammunition and then the Japanese would had have a stronger position, but this is just speculation.