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Originally Posted by c/LCDR Right, but Japan lost.  |
In all honesty, do you think they could have actually won that war? The USA massively outproduced then in everything. Hey, I'm American and I'm glad we won, but with the numbers we had on production, how could we have actually lost??
If I lay my patiriotism aside, I have to go for Yamamoto. He did lot with very little. Every ship he lost was going to take a long time to replace. Every American ship was replaced very quickly. How do you win against that sort of thing?
The following is the Worldwide Rankings for World War II Naval Production Quote:
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia Military production during World War II
Naval ships
Aircraft carriers
1. United States = 141
2. Japan = 16
3. United Kingdom = 14
Battleships
1. United States = 8
2. United Kingdom = 5
3. Italy = 3
4. Japan = 2
Cruisers
1. United States = 48
2. United Kingdom = 32
3. Japan = 9
4. Italy = 6
5. Soviet Union = 2
Destroyers
1. United States = 349
2. United Kingdom = 240
3. Japan = 63
4. Soviet Union = 25
5. Germany = 17
6. Italy = 6
Submarines
1. Germany = 1,141
2. United States = 203
3. Japan = 167
4. United Kingdom = 167
5. Soviet Union = 52
6. Italy = 28 |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militar...II#Naval_ships