Talk:Imperial Japanese Army during the Pacific War

Nothing whatsoever?
The IJA operated its own aircraft carriers and submarines, as well as having a substantial world-class air force that not only ordered the development of aircraft and engines specifically for its own use, it operated its own factories that developed aircraft (Tachikawa). These forces had a major part to play in all of the IJA's operations during WW2 - far more than the common soldiers (and their crimes), and of vastly greater importance than their uniforms. &#32;- NiD.29 (talk) 08:03, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Agreed, in its current state, this article is just a bite-sized version of the one about Japanese war crimes, the picture of the tank and two infantry weapons aren't even related to the content of the article. Going to see what I can do to make the content of the article beyond the lead more in line with the title. Loafiewa (talk) 02:40, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Is Showa's role part of the IJA?
"Only in rare moments of special importance were decisions made in Imperial council" is what makes it seem like it might not be needed in particular, while Showa had some influence, that's already shown by him being supreme commander (and readers can look to his article if they want to know more about him specifically), and he did very little compared to Hitler, Churchill, etc. I'm not entirely sure if the point about fanticism is really appropriate either, I would not be opposed to reformatting that section to just describe the typical behaviour of the IJA (i.e. tactics, national spirit and how they informed each other), and giving the war crimes a sentence or two, rather than an entire section.