What were some of the features of Japanese militarism?

Answer 1

Forceful, powerful, and strong

Answer 2

I'm not too sure what area you are looking for information on, so I'll provide a rough overview.

their wartime strategy was largely based on the recognition that Japan could not match the United states in the long term, due both to the shortages of resources that led to the start of the war, and to the United States' much larger industrial capacity, even when it was devoting resources to both the European theater of operations, as well as the Pacific. They therefore wanted to end the war as quickly as possible, before the US could take advantage of it's ability to out produce Japan, leading to an aggressive strategy at the opening of hostilities, With attacks on the Philippines, Malaya, and most notably, Pearl harbor, at the very beginning of the war, where they attempted to secure as much ground as possible while they held the initiative. Pearl harbor is a good example of this, where they aimed to destroy the American fleet, and thus end the war quickly. They failed to gain their entire goal here, when, although they crippled the Pacific fleet's battleships, the Aircraft carriers were away. Second, only two waves were launched, both targeting the battleships, the third wave, which was to target the harbor itself, namely its fuel reserves and drydocks, was canceled due to increasing resistance. Some believe that third strike could have changed the course of the war, had it been carried out. If they failed to win the war quickly, the plan was to make use of the territories they had gained early on and fight a defensive war, trying to wear down the American public, and government, support of the war, and thus be able to negotiate a favorable peace. It was this kind of defensive war that was waged after midway and Guadalcanal, and continued to the end of the war.

On a smaller scale, Japanese Army tactics were rather old fashioned throughout the war, not to say they weren't effective initially. They favored shock charges that could break the enemy line through sheer force, in the "spirit of the bayonet," the way wars had been fought in the 19th and 18th century. This was effective in China, and most notably the Philippines*, where even though the Japanese were Outnumbered nearly 2-1, they were more mobile, more disciplined, and better supplied than the Defenders, who were poorly organised, and less well equipped. They could focus their forces better upon a single point, quicker, and thus would break through the line at one point, and force the enemy to fall back, lest they be surrounded. Later in the war, this fell apart, as, when facing better supplied and trained enemies, most notably in the early battles on Guadalcanal, such as the Battle of Alligator creek (which is neither a creek, nor inhabited by Alligators) where the superior firepower presented against them prevented a breakthrough, and repeated attempts to do so only fell apart in turn. These "Banzai charges" became typical of early battles against the Japanese. By the end of the war, these had been recognised as ineffective, and battles were turned into pure contests of attrition, where the the defenders were to stay in their bunkers and other positions until killed. Battles like these lasted from 1944 to the end of the war, and the best example of which was probably Iwo Jima, where, for one of the first, and only times, the Japanese inflicted signifigantly more casualties than were sustained, despite losing the entire garrison.

*I may be mistaken on this, I might be thinking of Singapore and Malaya here.

Hope I helped answer your question.

Answer 3

Their basic strategy was to attack and demoralize. They had told their citizens that an attack on Pearl Harbor would result in a war that the United States would not be able to endure because we were not racially pure and as a result did not have the courage to fight for what we believed. Unfortunately for them, they were wrong in the 40's. But today it appears that their assessment may have been correct.

Answer 4

One of their favorite offensive tactics was to do an "End Run" around Allied forces - while the main body was fixed in place the Japanese would then outflank the Allies effectively cutting off the main body from it's logistical tail and it's communications .

In defense Japanese infantrymen would die "in situ" [original position or place]without retreat or surrender .

Answer 5

Grab as much nearby territory as possible, as Japan was (and is) a small island country lacking land and resources. This was to be accomplished with Japan's own version of Blitzkrieg, targeting China, as well as British/US owned islands.

Answer 6

When the Americans tried to invade they used Kamacarsi <people that would co mite suicide by crashing into other enemy planes