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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

keep in mind that WW2 China actually had a lot of help and training from Germany. Yet in nearly every battle against the Japanese, Chinese soldiers were horribly ineffective.

That page says Germany switched from supporting China to Japan in 1937.

[–]radicalcentristNational Centrism[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, but Japan had already been at war with China since technically 1931, when they first invaded and took over Manchuria.

Regardless, even if Germany did support both sides, shouldn't we have seen a stalemate? China never really put up much resistance and even by 1945, large chunks of the country were still occupied. It was the U.S dropping atomic bombs and the Soviets declaring war that brought Japan to its knees.

http://www.emersonkent.com/map_archive/asia_pacific_august_15_1945.htm

Edit: Also, I believe Germany aiding Japan is overstated. They allied with them, but I don't actually recall Germany being involved with their army or financially uplifting them. There was some attempts at co-operation, but given the great distance between the two nations, they were foiled.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-234