The Japanese warrior mentality in a nutshell:
Hirohito before the war: "Aight, yung Japanese bois, y’all gotta go die for me now. And don’t ever surrender, die before you surrender. Kill your brother before you snitch on Japan."
Hirohito after the war: "Alright, I’m fixing to surrender, but just so y’all know, I did nothing wrong. That war thing? I was not involved with that. And no I’m not gonna kill myself, you crazy? America said I’m still the king and you ain’t. 😎"
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Japan didn’t have fuel, industry, logistics, or resourcing for the kind of war they fought. They dispersed their forces and were even more fucked after Midway. They never excelled at using tanks because they used the same French doctrine that failed in 1940.