Material and technology versus methods of use: intelligence on the tactical and technical capabilities of Japan’s armed forces

British efforts to understand the tactical and technological capabilities of Japan’s armed forces do not allow easy generalizations. Overall conclusions are likely to reflect the challenges the Allies faced in estimating an opponent whose forces operated over a theatre stretching thousands of miles from Burma to the Southwest Pacific. In addition, each branch of Japan’s services posed a distinct threat, thereby further hindering an empirical evaluation.