What was the style of Japanese fighting in World War 2?

Answer 1

The land warfare was traditional (conventional), terrain dictating. Offensive & defensive, etc. The armies fighting in Europe, North Africa, Asia, and the pacific were dictated according to terrain. But the manuever was the same. Examples: Snow & cities/street/house to house in Europe; Open desert terrain in North Africa, and hot steaming jungles in the South Pacific. All involved, forward, flanking (sides), and defensive movements on the parts of the combatants. This would contrast with WWI's static trench stalemate style of fighting. Tanks also existed and fought during WWI, but on a very small scale. The "Blitzkrieg" utilized a machine (tank) that already existed during WWI. The newer models were simply used in the tactic of being in large numbers and moving as rapidly as possible...this tactic was new. Blitzkrieg means lightning war.

Aerial Combat(aircraft verses aircraft-referred to as "Dog-Fighting") remained the same as WWI, only entailing faster, all metal, heavier armed propeller driven airplanes (plus heavy bombers of course). The navies were no different than WWI, even the submarines were used the same way, only more of them, and more effective use of them. Surface warships were nearly the same as WWI, battleships, cruisers, destroyers engaged each other, as in WWI. PT Boats (Patrol Torpedo) were "almost" new, but those types of vessels also existed during WWI and especially during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905.

The only STYLE (tactic, strategy, weapon, etc) of fighting that really changed during WWII (MINUS NUCLEAR WEAPONS) was the aircraft carrier. This weapon was totally new, and had NO precedent in any country's military history. This weapon created the new "style" of aerial dog-fighting, in which even the victor could perish, if he ran out fuel and/or couldn't locate his aircraft carrier (he'd crash into the sea). Pilots had never experienced that kind of warfare before. Sink the opponents floating "air field" and he loses the battle, irregardless of his aerial victories. The carrier further displaced the BATTLESHIP as the capital warship of the world's navies, by virtue of being able to destroy targets at 200 miles away with superb accuracy, verses the maximum effective range of a battleship's 16" guns at 20 miles away, using 500 shells to do even that! If there was any NEW type of warfare, unique to WWII, that had no precedent, it was the aircraft carrier VS aircraft carrier duels of WWII.

Answer 2

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