What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
From the 1931 September 18 Incident launched by the Japanese Kwantung Army to August 15, 1945, when Japan announced its unconditional surrender, Japan used 14 years to launch a war of aggression against China. In addition, Japanese imperialism was based on Southeast Asia and other Asian regions. However, Japan's dispatch of an invading army to invade the Indian Peninsula was unfavorable, and from then on the Japanese side no longer considered the issue of invading the Indian Peninsula.
Discussing Japan's war of aggression against China throughout World War II shows that Japan, with Nazi Germany and Italy, where militarism was prevalent, formed the Allies. The most powerful Nazi Germany, on the other hand, focused on dominating the entire Continent, while eyeing regions such as West Asia, Central Asia, and North Africa. Japan, on the other hand, extended its tentacles of aggression to East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia, as well as the Western Pacific. Italy's performance is relatively poor, responsible for playing wild, and often brings trouble to Germany!
In the mid-to-late 19th century, Japan realized the historical evolution from feudal society to industrialized society through the Meiji Restoration Movement, and entered the ranks of the world's second-rate powers. At the same time, Japan also became one of the most powerful militarily powerful countries in the entire East Asian region and even in the entire Asia-Pacific region. In particular, after the sino-Japanese victory in the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War, imperialism in Japan continued to rise, and the aggressive ambitions of Japanese militarism continued to expand.
Therefore, on September 18, 1931, the Japanese Kwantung Army created the 918 Incident that shocked the world, officially opening the prelude to Japan's war of aggression against China and the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression against Japanese Aggression. On July 7, 1937, the Japanese aggressors launched the Lugou Bridge Incident in the name of mouth exercises, and openly launched an all-out war of aggression against China in disregard of the strong opposition of the people of the world and the legitimate independence and sovereignty of our country. Until August 15, 1945, when the Japanese aggressors were cornered, under the joint action of the anti-fascist alliance of the whole world, they declared unconditional surrender and conceded defeat.
During this period, the Japanese invaders had launched a war of aggression against the Indian Peninsula when Britain in Europe was tired of dealing with the attack of Nazi Germany and did not have time to take into account the Opportunity of Britain's colonies in South Asia. At the same time, it could effectively attract the attention of Britain and reduce the pressure on the German battlefield in Europe.
In 1944, Japan sent 100,000 Japanese troops led by the leader of the Class A war criminals who had launched the war of aggression against China, Mutaguchi Rinya, to attack the Imphal region in the northeast of the Indian Peninsula, and the British army at this time had built a huge fortification and military town in the Imphal area, and sent 150,000 British troops to stay here to work, many of which were Indian soldiers, but the military equipment and combat effectiveness were above the Japanese invading army. In the end, Japan suffered a crushing defeat at the Battle of Imphal and never set foot on the Indian Peninsula.
At that time, the reason why the Japanese invading army quickly failed in a very short period of time mainly included the following reasons:
First, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army at that time was much worse than before, many of the Japanese troops participating in the Imphal Campaign were new recruits who had not undergone strict training, and most of the elite Japanese troops were pinned down by China's anti-Japanese armed forces and The American army in East Asia and the Pacific.
Second, the front line is too long, and the logistical supply capacity cannot be ensured, resulting in difficulties in Japan's logistics supply. The Imphal region of India was far from the Japanese mainland and the Japanese-occupied colonies, and the food and materials brought by the Japanese invading army at that time could not guarantee the daily expenses of 100,000 people, and there were many cases of loss and abandonment, and the livestock carried by the Japanese invading army escaped with the sound of gunfire with food. The number of Japanese soldiers who were not depleted by the war due to hunger was very large.
Third, the problem of soil and water brought about by the tropical rainforest climate has led to serious injuries and illnesses among Japanese soldiers, and the Imphal area is mostly a tropical rainforest landform, and the war period is the arrival of summer, so many Japanese soldiers simply cannot adapt to the tropical rainforest and mountain combat environment.
Fourth, the Japanese invading army was not as capable of fighting individually as the British army, the total strength of the troops involved in the war was not as good as that of the British, and the British troops stationed in the Imphal area were idle. In addition, the British colonists operated in the Indian Peninsula for many years, had a good mass base and a familiar combat environment in the local area, and Britain was supported by the United States and the world's anti-fascist countries.