A central weakness in Japanese planning appears in the expectation that little war would remain after the decisive confrontation. Japan's leaders anticipated winning that battle and thereby ending the conflict. They did not plan around an enemy that could absorb the opening blows and continue fighting. The strategy was therefore poorly prepared for a prolonged industrial war.
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Japan's decisive-battle expectation
Japanese planning expected victory in the decisive battle to end the war, leaving little concept of a prolonged conflict afterward.