After Japanese victories in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, and World War I, Japanese experience and confidence in military operations began to skyrocket. As early as 1905, Japan had identified the United States as its main threat and began preparing to win a war against it. Despite Japan's extensive combat experience and military buildup before the Pacific War, its prewar preparation was only marginally stronger than that of the United States, and this advantage was eroded over time for three different reasons. First, Japan began the Pacific War with slight technological advantages over the United States and believed it could use higher quality technology to quantitatively defeat a larger enemy. Second, Japan created doctrine and formed effective tactics for military operations aimed at countering a United States offensive. Finally, Japan has designed a very plausible limited strategy. TechnologyThe Japanese began making their own planes just towards the end of World War I. Japan received considerable aid from Britain, the United States, Germany, and many other countries and private companies before World War II. . Through this, they helped guide the design and supplied or sold Japan with a constant supply of equipment and engines. "During the 1930s...the Japanese aircraft industry not only began to join the technological revolution in the design and construction of military aircraft...in some areas, (it) began to take the lead." (Evans and Peattie, p300-304) As demonstrated against China, Japan understood aircraft carriers and the type of power projection they could bring over long distances to an enemy. (Millett, p221) In response to this opportunity, Japan developed...... middle of paper ......d and demoralized its enemies. (Evans and Peattie, p445) Great potential industrial capacity was present in the United States when Japan attacked, however, having such potential and successfully exploiting it to the level that the Americans did was not easy. Assuming that the Americans ????ConclusionIn summary, Japan's military buildup before the Pacific War, coupled with its recent combat experience, left Japan's prewar preparations little more resolute than those of the States -United and this advantage was removed over time. Japan's current technological position was superior to that of the United States at the start of the war, where know-how generated higher quality products to defeat a numerically greater enemy. Japanese doctrine and training were simply better. Ultimately, Japan's limited strategy was logically sound and culturally acceptable to them..