How far did the Japanese get in ww2?

In December 1941 Japan, already at war with China, attacked British, Dutch and American territories in Asia and the Pacific. By June 1942, Japanese conquests encompassed a vast area of south-east Asia and the western Pacific.

How powerful was the Imperial Japanese Army?

In 1931, the Imperial Japanese Army had an overall strength of 198,880 officers and men, organized into 17 divisions.

What was Japan’s victory disease?

Victory disease occurs in military history when complacency or arrogance, brought on by a victory or a series of victories, makes an engagement end disastrously for a commander and his forces.

What was Japan’s greatest victory in ww2?

World War II (1941–1945)

• Attack on Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941, major Japanese tactical victory; destruction of much of the United States Navy (USN) battleship fleet, strategically inconclusive)
• Battle of Wake Island (8–23 December 1941, Japanese victory against US)

What bad things did Japan do in ww2?

Some historical estimates of the number of deaths which resulted from Japanese war crimes range from 3 to 14 million through massacre, human experimentation, starvation, and forced labor that was either directly perpetrated or condoned by the Japanese military and government.

What land did Japan lose after ww2?

the Kurile Islands
For Japan, the Kurile Islands are stolen territory, lost to Soviet aggression and Western interference. More than 70 years after the last shot was fired in World War II, the two countries remain locked in a stalemate over four wave-battered islands.

Was Japan’s army strong in ww2?

Japan had the best army, navy, and air force in the Far East. Nonetheless, in the fall of 1941 Japan was at the peak of its military and naval strength. Britain and Russia faced victorious Axis armies in Europe and Africa, and the British navy was fighting the Battle of the Atlantic.

How big was the German army in ww2?

about 13.6 million soldiers
During World War II, a total of about 13.6 million soldiers served in the German Army. Army personnel were made up of volunteers and conscripts. Only 17 months after Adolf Hitler announced the German rearmament program in 1935, the army reached its projected goal of 36 divisions.

What is victory Disease ww2?

VICTORY DISEASE. The affliction that is caught by most armies and nations after they have won a war. The disease is characterized by arrogance, a tendency to believe myths as to the underlying reasons for the victory, and a firm conviction that future conflicts should be fought the same way.

What happened to the Japanese high command?

Following his nation’s surrender to the Allied Powers in September 1945, he was arrested, convicted by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in the Tokyo Trials, sentenced to death, and hanged on December 23, 1948.

What was the last German victory in ww2?

Battle of Bautzen (1945)

Date	21–30 April 1945
Location	Bautzen (Germany) and surrounding rural areas
Result	German victory