Japanese War strategy
I have always thought that Japanese were really calmed and strategic people. Well, let's take the clamed part out, and bring the INTELLIGENT part in. Let me tell you how they recieved and returned war.
While the foreign lands were trying to eliminate the country of Japan, during the Edo time, with the the strength and weapons, but without much intelligence, Japanese were ready to take it all and give it all.
In 1942, Imperial General Headquarters were waiting the next steps to follow the close of the first-phase operations. In planning second-phase operations, the Army Operations Bureau estimated that it all could be expected starting in 1943. Two basic elements went into the formulation of this judgment. As for the scale of counterattack, the operations people could make no estimate, because they had no basis. Some of the staff officers thought that the counteroffensive might center around a force of several Marine Corps divisions. The estimates proved overly optimistic. The American counter-assault began in the latter half of 1942.
While the foreign lands were trying to eliminate the country of Japan, during the Edo time, with the the strength and weapons, but without much intelligence, Japanese were ready to take it all and give it all.
In 1942, Imperial General Headquarters were waiting the next steps to follow the close of the first-phase operations. In planning second-phase operations, the Army Operations Bureau estimated that it all could be expected starting in 1943. Two basic elements went into the formulation of this judgment. As for the scale of counterattack, the operations people could make no estimate, because they had no basis. Some of the staff officers thought that the counteroffensive might center around a force of several Marine Corps divisions. The estimates proved overly optimistic. The American counter-assault began in the latter half of 1942.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_military_strategies_in_1942