Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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A more radical Imperial Japanese Navy

Army-style officer radicalization adds political conflict to an already difficult Japanese procurement system.

Civil Military RelationsImperial Japanese NavyInterservice RivalryJapanese ArmyNaval Procurement
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Question

What if Imperial Japanese Navy officers were as radicalized as the Japanese Army officer corps?

Short answer

The navy would suffer more internal political fighting and procurement would become even more contested.

Notes

Army-style radicalization would bring more factional conflict into the Imperial Japanese Navy. Equipment choices and budgets would become political struggles layered on top of existing interservice rivalry. Procurement would become less coherent as officers fought over programs and influence.