PLIR 3500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Counterfactual Conditional
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1940 germany is at war with britain after attacking several european countries, italy joins. 1941 germany invades soviet union (former ally), germans declare war on usa because. 1944 france is liberated on d-day and joins allies. War in the pacific: united states, great britain, china vs. japan. Vast oceanic distances dotted by islands, strategy focus on amphibious tactics. War in europe: united states, great britain, soviet union vs. germany, italy. Large land masses, strategy focus on army marches and trenches. Japanese system gave a lot of power to military (split between army and navy) army wanted to kill the chinese and navy wanted to kill caucasians. Army wins debate so japan invades china in the 1930s. In 1944, the us produced more aircraft carriers than japan produced during the entire war. In the arch there are very few counterfactuals because it has an air of inevitability.