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Originally Posted by gravityhurts
Correct!
In the late 1800s, Japan, in an attempt to industrialize, studied and adopted heavily from Europe, especially the UK.

The Japanese had long admired the English Navy, specifically, their colonial accomplishments (although, for the English, they all failed). Like Japan, England is isolated by water with little to no resources. Yet, for a time, it could be said that "the sun never sets on English Isle."

The Japanese are well known for taking a good idea and making it better. In the early 1900 the Japanese Navy practically owned the South Pacific to include parts of Russia and China. Had we (US) not cut the Japanese off from their Dutch oil supply (the primary reason Japan attacked Pearl harbor) who knows what the South Pacific would like today.
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the english to a certain level but the french, which a french designer built Yokosuka Naval base at the request of the Japanese Shogun and his assistant . It changed when the US Fleet arrived with Commodore Perry in 1853. That was one of the reasons of the attack of pearl harbor.. We an discuss offline history.



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