The plan was to use this ship to transport the Tiger across the ocean.

Japanese submarine aircraft carrier of project I-400. Their German allies, however, boasted a new powerful tank- the Pz.Kpfw. To withstand US attacks, the Japanese needed heavy tanks, and their projects were merely in the design stage and were never embodied in metal. This led the Japanese military leaders to think about the threat of the US invasion. Their defensive perimeter began falling apart under the attacks and Americans started approaching Japan one island at a time. The Battle of Guadalcanal, which lasted six months and ended in February of 1943 with the US forces being victorious, deprived Japan of the strategic initiative. In June 1942, the Japanese lost four aircraft carriers during the Battle of Midway. Afterwards, the Americans started to fight back. To remedy the situation, the allied forces had to invest a lot of time and effort if they ever wanted to push back.Дuring their domination in the Pacific region, the Japanese created a defensive perimeter, where the islands played the role of strongholds. The Japanese invaded the Philippines, multiple islands of Oceania, and parts of New Guinea. Those events started the triumphant march of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Pacific islands. On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the USA. Photo from the book, GermanyвЂ™s Tiger Tanks, by T. The armament of China, the only major mainland rival of Japan, was of very poor quality, and the combat capabilities of Japanese vehicles in comparison to the Chinese Army were more than enough.ДЄ G erman propaganda picture showing Japanese officers manning a Tiger tank. The island terrain was not suitable for using heavy vehicles either. All vehicles and supplementary equipment had to be transported by sea, which necessitated the restriction of their weights. The main theatre of war for Japan was the Pacific islands. The poor quality of Japanese tanks was not the result of erroneous actions of the military leaders. Heavy tanks were not used by the Japanese Army at all. Even the most advanced mass-produced Japanese tank-the Type 97 ShinHoTo Chi-Ha-was weak when compared with the Soviet T-34, the German Pz.Kpfw IV or the US Sherman. This was evident by just looking at Japanese armoured vehicles. The army was not really weak, but in terms of military equipment, it was definitely inferior to their European counterparts, who were used to conducting warfare on solid ground. In terms of the art of war, Japan was developing as an island country: the navy and aviation were of the highest priority.

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