Japanese success cannot be explained as a product of foreign information alone. Japan, France, Britain, and the United States were each developing their own aircraft and operating concepts under different industrial and strategic conditions. Senior decision-makers faced constraints from resources, institutions, and strategy rather than simply failing to understand aviation. The French Dewoitine carrier fighter is another reminder that innovation was taking place across several navies at once.
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Why inter-war air arms were not simply copying one another
Japanese and French aircraft development drew on international influences but still reflected independent national choices and constraints.