Do You Think They Also Miscalculated America's Military Strength?

The size of the american army at the start of the seconal war was, was smaller than portugal's. America did not have a large standing army. It didn't have significant military power. But it had enormous military potential as a consequence of its industrial capability and ability to organize very quickly. And i also often used the phrase that the war was one in detroit. In a very real sense, it was. The japanese never really understood that. O certainly they thought that their tactical victory would be sufficient to persuade theAmericans not to involve themselves in a long, drawn out, bloody war in the far east. 19 forty one pearl harbor was a disaster for j