Re: "The problem is not always how the math adds up, buddy. If the world and mankind ran on pure logic, the Japanese would not have attempted to set the whole of the Pacific-rim on fire in the WWII era....math clearly was not on their side..."
Absolutely correct, Don.
The Japanese (and Germany, too, for that matter) were seriously out-classed by the ECONOMIC/MILITARY potentials of their combined enemies in the Great War.
(Something their military leadership --- especially the Admiralty --- was very much aware of before the commencement of hostilities.)
And, (obviously) the odds favoring the US and her Allies played out true. (And, to this day, I would say that WW II remains the *best* example of the fact that modern 'total war' is DEPENDENT upon the economic bases that feed the military potentials of the combatants.)
Still, it *is* possible for shorter odds to come up 'winners' every now and again.
Even in the Great War, a few rolls of the dice coming up with different numbers at Midway (and, say, Hitler not over-ruling his General Staff all the time, and mucking-up Dunkirk and the entire Russian campaign...) might have produced quite different outcomes.
Don't you think? |
