If they thought we were John Wayne, they would have invaded. Marion was well known for avoiding the draft.
Sorry, for the diversion. Anyway, I read the scholarly work on Japan and their plans. They had NO plans to invade us. The quote about a gun behind each blade of grass is hard if not impossible to originally source for accuracy.
They thought that since we were impacting their economic dominance plans for Asia, they could slap us down hard at Pearl Harbor. Some viewed us as a nation of shop keepers and didn't the guts to push back. We would let them establish their sphere of influence.
They were misguided. Many in Japan thought that they should not go military but compete economically. As happened after the war. They were displaced in power by those above who thought we would fold after Pearl Harbor (no invasion plan needed or constructed). Others thought, like Yamamoto, that we would go nuts and kick them back to the home Islands. They were correct.
There were plans that the Canadians drew up to invade us. As did them.
Sorry, for the diversion. Anyway, I read the scholarly work on Japan and their plans. They had NO plans to invade us. The quote about a gun behind each blade of grass is hard if not impossible to originally source for accuracy.
They thought that since we were impacting their economic dominance plans for Asia, they could slap us down hard at Pearl Harbor. Some viewed us as a nation of shop keepers and didn't the guts to push back. We would let them establish their sphere of influence.
They were misguided. Many in Japan thought that they should not go military but compete economically. As happened after the war. They were displaced in power by those above who thought we would fold after Pearl Harbor (no invasion plan needed or constructed). Others thought, like Yamamoto, that we would go nuts and kick them back to the home Islands. They were correct.
There were plans that the Canadians drew up to invade us. As did them.