If you look at Japan's land area alone, it is indeed small.

But the war is about comprehensive national strength such as economy, military, science and technology, and manufacturing. Japan had a complete military industrial system during World War II. Although it is not a world-class level, it is definitely among the best. Japan's shipbuilding industry is absolutely first-rate.

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In addition to obtaining some submarine technology from Germany during World War II, Japan produced, designed, and manufactured all other war weapons by itself.

It can be seen that the strength of a country cannot be directly equated with its size. Apart from its lack of resources, Japan is not "small" in other aspects. Let's first look at the path to the rise of Japan's military strength. Japan's modern rise can be traced back to During the Meiji Restoration, this reform enabled Japan to successfully leave Asia and join Europe, becoming the first capitalist country in Asia. The Meiji Restoration completed Japan's primitive accumulation and removed all obstacles on Japan's road to becoming a powerful country. Europe acquired the concept of modern industrial development. In Japan during this period, a large amount of fiscal revenue obtained through reform of local taxes and other means was basically used to support the army and subsidize military industries. Japan transferred some factories and mining enterprises to large chaebols, such as Mitsui and Mitsui. Wheat, etc., led to the rapid development of Japan's military industry, coupled with Emperor Meiji's vigorous introduction of foreign advanced technology, which eventually made Japan quickly become an Asian power that cannot be underestimated. After the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1888-1898, Japan received huge war reparations. The self-confidence was greatly enhanced, and then it began its aggression and expansion in the Far East. At this time, Japan was already an emerging capitalist power. Nearly 50% of the compensation was used to expand Japan's naval and military equipment. In particular, the Japanese navy received huge investments. It laid the foundation for the rise of the shipbuilding industry. Some of the compensation was used as a reserve for financial reform. After Japan received the compensation, it was unable to quickly start financial reform due to lack of funds. Reserve fund. Through the establishment of the gold standard currency system, Japan was quickly integrated into the world economic system. The last part was the establishment of a shipbuilding fund and an education fund, which basically covered all Japanese schools. After the Russo-Japanese War, Japan completely controlled Korea and Northeast my country. , a steady stream of strategic resources flowed to Japan. Japan established the South Manchuria Railway Co., Ltd. in Northeast China to manage mines, ports, administrative areas, cultural and scientific research institutions, and intelligence organizations outside the railway. These all accumulated resources and resources for Japan to launch war. Military strength. Let’s take a look at Japan’s complete military industrial system. Japan’s star weapons during World War II, such as Zero fighters, aircraft carriers, and battleships, are all derived from the familiar Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Fuji Heavy Industries, Hitachi, Many people will suddenly realize that these companies are private companies that manufacture cars. Japanese companies adopt a development model that integrates the military with the civilians. Their tactics instantly transform into military-industrial companies, and they mainly focus on civilian use in peacetime. However, their military design and R&D capabilities are definitely at the world's leading level. Due to various post-war constraints, Japan held back. However, we must not underestimate Japan's overall military industry level during World War II, and its shipbuilding industry was absolutely world-class. First-class. At that time, the United States, Japan, and Britain were the pioneers in developing aircraft carriers. Before the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Japan's navy had always been among the largest. During World War II, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries produced a large number of weapons, including aircraft, tanks, and warships. During the war, Kawasaki Heavy Industries produced more than 10,000 aircraft, more than 4,000 tanks and armored vehicles, and aircraft carriers such as Taitaka, Hayabusa, Amagi, and Ryujo. During World War II, Kawasaki Heavy Industries produced more than 10,000 aircraft and aircraft carriers. There are Kaga, Zuikaku, Taka, Taiho, Mizuho, ??etc.

During World War II, Fuji Heavy Industries produced more than 20,000 aircraft and 44,000 engines. The aircraft accounted for 32% of Japan's total military aircraft.

Hitachi Manufacturing produces 12,000 aircraft engines and more than 2,000 medium tanks.

Most of Japan's military vehicles during World War II were produced by Nissan.

Panasonic also made outstanding contributions to Japan's war of aggression. It produced a large number of simple metal parts for Japan's machine gun bullets, as well as complete sets of radio transceivers and all military communication equipment and components.

Japan's aviation industry level should be stronger than the second echelon, but there is still some gap with Europe and the United States; in terms of weapons and equipment, it is basically the same as that of the Soviet Union, and Japan is mainly constrained by a lack of resources; in terms of shipbuilding, Japan can be said to be on par with the United States, and Japanese electronic equipment

Slightly worse.

But all military industries are complete and all weapons are self-sufficient.

All in all, the strength of a country's military strength cannot be measured by population and land area. The war is about comprehensive national strength, technology and economy.

Although Japan is small, its strength cannot be underestimated, and Japan cannot be underestimated.