How crazy was the Japanese army during World War II? After pearl harbor, the Japanese army could not wait to attack Nanyang, occupying almost the entire Nanyang. Before the Battle of Midway, the Japanese army had basically pointed directly at Australia and New Zealand, and given Japan half a year, the whole of Australia would have to become a japanese bag.
It's crazy. The entire Southeast Asian area of more than 2.4 million square kilometers, the Japanese occupation took less than half a year, like Australia although the area is large, but most of the territory at that time belonged to no man's land, only Australia's Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra gathered urban area, occupation here, is equivalent to occupying the entire Australia, which was a very easy thing for the Japanese fleet at that time. But we know that Japan did not occupy Australia in World War II, why is this?
The Japanese army originally really wanted to capture Australia and eat a fat man in one bite. If it were not for the defeat at Midway, perhaps Japan's war dream would have succeeded. In the spring of 1942, the U.S. army had already occupied Rabaul Airfield and taken New Guinea, which caused a strong reaction in Australia, which led to the Outbreak of the Battle of the Coral Sea.
This was followed by the Battle of Midway, in which the Japanese lost four main aircraft carriers, and even so, the Japanese still wanted to capture Australia, which led to the construction of the Guadalcanal airfield. The main task of Guadalcanal Airfield was to take off and land fighters to capture the Australian port of Moresby, making it an outpost to occupy Australia. The success or failure of the Guadalcanal Campaign became so crucial.
After several rounds of bloody battles, the Japanese army finally lost to the American army and withdrew from Guadalcanal, which marked the complete bankruptcy of the Japanese idea of occupying Australia. What do you think?