Second Sino Japanese war if Japan doesn't surrender after the atomic bombs?

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Re: Second Sino Japanese war if Japan doesn't surrender after the atomic bombs?

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Post by Carl Schwamberger » 21 Jul 2021, 01:30

1945- 1950/55 expel the Japanese from China proper, 1950s destroy the Communists & build economic/military strength, 1960s complete the recapture Manchuria & Korea. Remainder of the 20th Century, turn Japan into a Client State of China.

One of the things that was reinforced in my mind during the two years I lived in Japan was how Asian cultures tend to take a longer view than Western or US culture. The Harvard Business School model of taking long term planning only to ten years out made no sense to the Japanese or Koreans I worked with. They were more inclined to think of a life time as short term or immediate planning.

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Post by Admiral Bloonbeard » 22 Jul 2021, 19:09

Carl Schwamberger wrote:
21 Jul 2021, 01:30
1945- 1950/55 expel the Japanese from China proper, 1950s destroy the Communists & build economic/military strength, 1960s complete the recapture Manchuria & Korea. Remainder of the 20th Century, turn Japan into a Client State of China.

One of the things that was reinforced in my mind during the two years I lived in Japan was how Asian cultures tend to take a longer view than Western or US culture. The Harvard Business School model of taking long term planning only to ten years out made no sense to the Japanese or Koreans I worked with. They were more inclined to think of a life time as short term or immediate planning.
I meant in the context of Operation Downfall


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Post by OpanaPointer » 22 Jul 2021, 19:22

Admiral Bloonbeard wrote:
20 Jul 2021, 06:31
Carl Schwamberger wrote:
20 Jul 2021, 02:42
Admiral Bloonbeard wrote:
18 Jul 2021, 17:14
Do you think the Chinese can drive the Japanese off the mainland?
Taking the long view, of decades, yes & certainly.
What do you mean decades?
My take would be that the IJA would lose the support of the Home Islands while the Allies would be beefing up the Chinese. The Japanese were already pulling troops off the continent for the last battle at home. Once is was clear even to the hardliners that the China Incident was effectively over the evacuation would be hasten.
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Post by Admiral Bloonbeard » 22 Jul 2021, 21:00

OpanaPointer wrote:
22 Jul 2021, 19:22
Admiral Bloonbeard wrote:
20 Jul 2021, 06:31
Carl Schwamberger wrote:
20 Jul 2021, 02:42
Admiral Bloonbeard wrote:
18 Jul 2021, 17:14
Do you think the Chinese can drive the Japanese off the mainland?
Taking the long view, of decades, yes & certainly.
What do you mean decades?
My take would be that the IJA would lose the support of the Home Islands while the Allies would be beefing up the Chinese. The Japanese were already pulling troops off the continent for the last battle at home. Once is was clear even to the hardliners that the China Incident was effectively over the evacuation would be hasten.
I was thinking of the Chinese defeating the Japanese militarily by pushing them off them mainland

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Post by OpanaPointer » 22 Jul 2021, 22:44

Admiral Bloonbeard wrote:
22 Jul 2021, 21:00
OpanaPointer wrote:
22 Jul 2021, 19:22
Admiral Bloonbeard wrote:
20 Jul 2021, 06:31
Carl Schwamberger wrote:
20 Jul 2021, 02:42
Admiral Bloonbeard wrote:
18 Jul 2021, 17:14
Do you think the Chinese can drive the Japanese off the mainland?
Taking the long view, of decades, yes & certainly.
What do you mean decades?
My take would be that the IJA would lose the support of the Home Islands while the Allies would be beefing up the Chinese. The Japanese were already pulling troops off the continent for the last battle at home. Once is was clear even to the hardliners that the China Incident was effectively over the evacuation would be hasten.
I was thinking of the Chinese defeating the Japanese militarily by pushing them off them mainland
Possible, that's the "beefing up" I mentioned above. Six years of war hadn't shown the Chinese army in a very good light.
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Post by T. A. Gardner » 14 Sep 2021, 03:17

If Japan didn't surrender, then the Soviets would overrun much of northern China and the Korean peninsula but other than take a few outlying islands in the Kurile's, they aren't going to be able to do much.
Even Hokkaido would be an incredibly difficult slog for them. The bulk of their air forces can barely reach that island and their amphibious assault capacity, even with US help, is meager at best. Their Pacific Fleet is so weak it's barely a match for the remnants of the IJN in 1945 and likely would take a drubbing in any naval action that occurred between the two.

So, once they overrun Japanese territory in China and Korea, they're pretty much finished as far as a Sino-Japanese war goes.

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Post by OpanaPointer » 14 Sep 2021, 14:03

The local Soviet commander was ready to throw a few divisions at Hokkaido, Stalin canceled that the day before it was to be launched.
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Post by T. A. Gardner » 14 Sep 2021, 19:52

OpanaPointer wrote:
14 Sep 2021, 14:03
The local Soviet commander was ready to throw a few divisions at Hokkaido, Stalin canceled that the day before it was to be launched.
The most the Soviets could have sent in a single wave given the landing craft the US had given them was about two regiments of infantry with support. A second wave using the same landing craft would have been about 72 hours at a minimum later. This was the Soviet's version of Seelöwe...

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Post by OpanaPointer » 14 Sep 2021, 22:54

T. A. Gardner wrote:
14 Sep 2021, 19:52
OpanaPointer wrote:
14 Sep 2021, 14:03
The local Soviet commander was ready to throw a few divisions at Hokkaido, Stalin canceled that the day before it was to be launched.
The most the Soviets could have sent in a single wave given the landing craft the US had given them was about two regiments of infantry with support. A second wave using the same landing craft would have been about 72 hours at a minimum later. This was the Soviet's version of Seelöwe...
The plan proposed called for a three division landing. Operation Hula wasn't the only source of boats for this, just the most militarized of the bottoms available. Manpower was the limiter.
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Post by T. A. Gardner » 15 Sep 2021, 03:27

OpanaPointer wrote:
14 Sep 2021, 22:54
T. A. Gardner wrote:
14 Sep 2021, 19:52
OpanaPointer wrote:
14 Sep 2021, 14:03
The local Soviet commander was ready to throw a few divisions at Hokkaido, Stalin canceled that the day before it was to be launched.
The most the Soviets could have sent in a single wave given the landing craft the US had given them was about two regiments of infantry with support. A second wave using the same landing craft would have been about 72 hours at a minimum later. This was the Soviet's version of Seelöwe...
The plan proposed called for a three division landing. Operation Hula wasn't the only source of boats for this, just the most militarized of the bottoms available. Manpower was the limiter.
It would have ended up a serious debacle like Shumshu Island did. While the Russians won there, their first wave ashore got decimated and they lost a number of landing craft. Trying to invade Hokkaido would have been the Soviet's Seelöwe.

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Post by OpanaPointer » 15 Sep 2021, 14:19

Don't shoot the messenger. ;-)
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