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<blockquote data-quote="ledded" data-source="post: 1811269" data-attributes="member: 12744">I understand.&nbsp; One of the reasons I chose the ETO for my game was the proliferation of good references for that arena.&nbsp;&nbsp;Sweet.&nbsp; References like those are priceless.&nbsp; I also benefited more out of personal histories than dry tactics/events lectures, particularly by those who are good at weaving the tales of others into a good book (Ambrose) and by actual first-hand accounts (On to Berlin, by James Gavin, was a personal fave among others).&nbsp;&nbsp;And don't forget that there was a small provision that the Japanese requested be made to the Treaty of Versailles to endorse the principle of the equality of all races, which was flatly scratched by the US and Britain, and is thought by many to have been that slap in the face that further pushed feelings of racial japanese superiority.&nbsp; Plus, there were several factions with power in Japanese government that saw the US as a direct threat;&nbsp; an imperialist nation creeping ever closer to Japan's imperial ambitions while using treaty to limit Japan's expansion (while similarly expanding nearly unabated into areas that Japan coveted).&nbsp; Of course, that last part I'm not stating as 'truth', but as a definite impression represented by several in power in the years preceding WWII, whether out of actual belief or as fuel for imperialism expansionism.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ledded, post: 1811269, member: 12744"] I understand. One of the reasons I chose the ETO for my game was the proliferation of good references for that arena. Sweet. References like those are priceless. I also benefited more out of personal histories than dry tactics/events lectures, particularly by those who are good at weaving the tales of others into a good book (Ambrose) and by actual first-hand accounts (On to Berlin, by James Gavin, was a personal fave among others). And don't forget that there was a small provision that the Japanese requested be made to the Treaty of Versailles to endorse the principle of the equality of all races, which was flatly scratched by the US and Britain, and is thought by many to have been that slap in the face that further pushed feelings of racial japanese superiority. Plus, there were several factions with power in Japanese government that saw the US as a direct threat; an imperialist nation creeping ever closer to Japan's imperial ambitions while using treaty to limit Japan's expansion (while similarly expanding nearly unabated into areas that Japan coveted). Of course, that last part I'm not stating as 'truth', but as a definite impression represented by several in power in the years preceding WWII, whether out of actual belief or as fuel for imperialism expansionism. [/QUOTE]

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