in the 1930s

not 50k, some smaller number

still

then they just predicted teh other sides plan would lose

Well I do agree that Japanese would reach a stalemate with the Chinese even without USA

But then again, Japan needed only to decisivelly defeat USA navy which it could do but failed

That's the whole point, that's why they struck Dutch and British over there and menanced the seas

They knew they could not stand against millions and millions on land

@The Enlightened Shepherd CONSIDER EDWARDIAN ENGLAND INSTEAD

MY MODELS INCLUDE PRE-ROMAN GERMANIC SOCIETIES AND MIDDLE AGES WESTERN EUROPE

pre-roman germanic and celtic societies were cool

Some were fiercely isolationist

funny how films always portray them as some sort of egalitarian pagan tree hugging village societies

when in reality they were basically kingdoms, patriarchal, hard working

@diversity_is_racism HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE ❤

HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE HAD ITS BENEFITS

EMPIRE IS DIFFICULT

BUT I AGREE ON THEIR ISOLATIONISM

THE WAY MONARCHIES MAKE ALLIANCES IS THROUGH MARRIAGES

THEY WERE FAR FROM EGALITARIAN, THESE SOCIETIES

THEY WERE MUCH MORE REALISTIC THAN THAT

INCLUDING A REFUSAL TO LEAVE BEHIND DOCUMENTS

It's remarkable

Considering their small size

That they were persistently able to raise large armies

Reminds me of my country during glorious ages when we had 200.000 populaton total, and raised 40.000 men against Austria

Caesar sodomized Gauls and Germans though, but then again, Caesar was crazy

Well every Freeman was a warrior they basically mobilized the entire adult male population for war

in pop culture everything is simplified

but these men were serious warriors and their armies were not a bunch of know-nothings

sure, they lacked drill, structure and superior logistics that romans knew

and i also dare to say, they lacked the crazy boldness and adventurous unscrupulous conquering unsatiable spirit of the Romans

But the image of bare chested berserking axeman that films portraz

even if it did exist, it existed purely for tactical reasons

these men approached combat and strategy seriously, these gauls and germans

There was definetly a cultural component in the way that they thought, the berserk style showed defiance of death gave prestige and status as a fearless soldier

those styles of battle were incorporated in their style of combat they knew that they couldnt beat the romans on the open field and prefered to ambush them in their territory example teuteburger wald

Roman sense of unshakeable superiority was remarkable

I mean they persistently defeated Germans, first Marius, then Caesar then Germanicus

They won some battles but they were never able to conquer them

Yes but they enslaved many hundred thousands which was basically the same