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Post by colinbt1994 on Jun 20, 2008 10:21:42 GMT -5
Does anyone have any ideas for tactics used by the IJA? Please don't say Banzai Charge
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Post by Obergefreiter Raimund on Jun 20, 2008 13:37:11 GMT -5
yeah, take a chain an a deep spike. Hammer the spike in the ground and chain a soldier to it. This way they will man their post and fight to the bitter end.
Seriously however… no. I have no idea what tactics they IJA used.
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Post by Medic on Jun 20, 2008 13:38:31 GMT -5
Last-Man styled fighting, bayonet tactics, and don't forget tunnels
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Post by 2nd Bat on Jun 21, 2008 0:43:24 GMT -5
One tactic they used quite successfully early in the war was for their armies to travel very light and from a logistical perspective count on captured fuel supplies and food. This made them a much more effective fighting force since a dramaticaly larger percentage of their forces were combat arms. I often read accounts questioning why a Japanese smaller sized force was constantly destroying a much larger enemy force. This deliberate reduction by the IJA in support and logistical forces was a key reason.
It's also why Guadalcanal was called starvation island and why the allies could so effectively bi pass their fortified islands. The tactic was completely dependant on extremely fast movement and conquest. Without it it could not support itself. When so many Allies surrendered they literally had no means to feed them. They could barely feed themselves. That is no excuse for their barabism but it does to some degree explain it.
For the typical Japanese soldier the emporer was a God and surrender was unthinkable. For them the bayonet was still a tactic both psychological and actual. Like all armies they preferred to strike a flank or an enemies rear and camouflage, infiltration and deception were practiced art forms. Poorly equipped at the company level and down they did remarkably well with obsolete Infantry weapons.
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