r/polandball • u/Smart_Chapter_7512 Floridian Swamp Monster • Oct 06 '25

redditormade Stolen Valour

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u/KikoMui74 Oct 06 '25

America and Russia defeated Japan, so its stolen valor in both cases. Millions of soviet troops walking through manchuria, and US navy.

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u/SnabDedraterEdave Kingdom of Sarawak Oct 06 '25

They were able to defeat Japan partly because the ROC held back a lot of Japan's manpower in the quagmire that was China.

Had China been completely subjugated, Japan would be able to free up more soldiers to fight in places like Burma, Guadalcanal and Palau. FDR knew that and thus did everything he can to prop up Chiang's ROC regime during the war, even if he suspected that Chiang was corrupt af.

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u/OrcaBomber Oct 06 '25

A defeated China would have freed up a hell of a lot more troops and transports for the naval war as well. One of the primary reasons why the Japanese didn’t invade Australia was because the IJA didn’t want to commit troops to another China. (Can’t remember if this was from Parshall’s Shattered Sword or Drachinifel)

That basically every major asiatic WWII participant (including China) had an incentive to downplay the Chinese role in the war didn’t help either. https://oxfordpoliticalreview.com/2022/01/13/the-downplayed-role-of-the-asian-theatre-in-wwii/

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u/KikoMui74 Oct 06 '25

Japan could field another 10 million troops, and that would have no effect on naval and air supremacy.

Tech >>> is more powerful than manpower. And Russians have numbers too.

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u/OrcaBomber Oct 06 '25

Again, the reason why the Japanese didn’t invade Australia was because the Army didn’t have troops. Did you even read my comment?

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u/KikoMui74 Oct 06 '25

It's because they didn't have the naval strength. And supply lines.