Nippon-wa;
no interservice cooperation
no shore bombardment support doctrine
no replacement potential for skilled pilots or crews
no landing craft of note
no formal logistics regime or preparations
no heavy bombers, airplane armor or ss/drop fuel tanks
no complex engineering (hydraulics, alloys, useful radios, automation, remote control, computers)
no radar of note
no secret code integrity
no plan to defeat the worlds largest economies and militaries all at the same time
no nearby allies
no substantial refineries, oil resources, or reserves
weak knowledge of their adversaries capabilities, technologies and dispositions
pre-modern battlefield tactics
outmoded and suicidal warfighting doctrineCSA;
no iron or steel production of note
no railroads or rolling stock of note
no allies
no trading partners to save them
no independently backed currency or central bank credibility
no significant natural resources except agricultural ones
no logical or universal political doctrine
no unified command of state-based units
no central political control over taxation or policy
minimal ability to produce gunpowder, rifles, and cannon
capital located 100 miles from the capital of the more powerful side
no plan except to survive until the Union gave upWHAT WERE THEY THINKING!?!?!?
Sweet ! But you got to much time on your hands :-D
