Why Japan had NO Chance in WW2

Why HN readers recommended it

Cited as one of the best visualizations of how overwhelmingly dominant US industrial output was in the Pacific war.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Military History Visualized

Topic

wwii pacific naval production

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• [VIDEO] One of the best visualizations I've come across of just how dominant the US industrial base was in the 1940s under full mobilization.

• My understanding is that while the US losing her carriers at Midway would have allowed Japan free reign in the South Pacific for a few months, that was already the case for anywhere that all 6 fleet carriers showed up. Nothing the US had - …

• I had no idea how asymmetrical naval production was in the Pacific theater of WWII until I watched this: [VIDEO] With these numbers the relative merits of the actual warfighters had little effect on the outcome. The war with Japan was won in U.S. shipyards.