33:36they wanted the coconuts
33:47they were always so poorly supplied and maintained.
33:56but still ferocious.
34:04Google says Japan wanted New Guinea to block off Australia
34:19I think they saw it as too large to maintain
34:51those climates were better for rubber trees
34:52Maybe it was logistically too difficult to take over chunks of Australia
34:59its attacks were meant to curtail western retaliation ironically.
35:05The Japanese navy was notoriously bad at logistical support.
35:08I think maybe PNG was supposed to be a defensive/ staging area.
35:26Oil fields was more developed in the Dutch East Indies back then
35:32oil embargos were killer for japan. and it crude they need gor ships.
36:10they did all of that within 6 months by the way @Clio Aite
36:16The plan was literally go ham for 6 months and hope everyone gives up.
36:18blitz china and south east asia, then fights british to india while holding the US in the ocean
36:22take out our ability to reach them and allies
36:32just two forces back then, but yes
36:46navy didn't give proper support for land invasions etc
36:55yeah they would actively screw each other over during combat missions
37:04isn't that true of EVERY army, navy, and air force, at least at one point or another?
37:10Their Army had their own navy
37:23yes, there are mostly two factions, the control group (Toseiha) vs the Imperial Way Group (Kodoha)
37:25they missed the more important targets in pearl harbor
37:30They didn't actually damage the ships much either
37:30they conquered all of that in 6 months after pearl harbor
37:37yeah theyre on a training exercise
37:51They took out enough, but the US shifted its tactics to use its carriers while rebuilding other stuff
37:55also didnt hit the fuel silos
38:09Toseiha wanted the southern expansion (which they got) vs the Kodoha who wanted the northern expansion (attack russia instead)