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Had this pointed out to me on another forum, so I thought I'd share it here. Likewise, apparently in late 1942 the combined fleet was using around 305,000 tons of fuel a month. So I wanted to run a thought exercise based on that: 305,000 tons x 6 months = 15,463,500 barrels Okay, first, holy...

They did IOTL, so why exactly would they not here given your assertions about the fuel crisis being even worse? I understand you have a certain bias, but objectively, this is definitely true of the Japanese in terms of them realizing the situation and working effectively to fix it; you've posted...

Indeed, which is why Japan will develop it many times faster than the Soviets did. For one, the Soviet effort was dispersed upon many regions, especially the ones in the Western (European or adjacent areas) because of the logistics of transport and the fact they have larger capacity there. Even...

The Japanese don't have to capture the oil capacity intact; they didn't do so in the NEI and were able to restore production quite effectively and quickly as your charts note. Even if the Soviets are able to demolish the infrastructure, the Japanese focus on restoring it and expanding production...

The question of oil supplies long term is a rather different subject from the question of the quality and size of the relevant forces. Specifically on that question, however, the Japanese will be better off than OTL or the same at absolute worst both because of their ample storage but also...

This randomly blew up today, so instead of a person by person response, I'll post in general. To quote the Russians themselves: Major General A. K. Kazakovtsev, Operations Chief of the Far Eastern Front in 1941 ALVIN D. COOX, “The Myth of the Kwantung Army,” 1958 If IGHQ elected to attack the...

Yesterday marked the 80th anniversary of Operation Barbarossa, and befitting remembrance of that horrific event, I thought it worthwhile to create a thread discussing one of the big "what ifs" from that campaign. Arguably, the failure to attach Japan to the coming campaign against the USSR...