[ARC5] How the U.S. Cracked Japan's 'Purple Encryption"

[David Stinson]

>> But what continues to amaze me is how poorly prepared the 
>> Japanese were to carry on and
>> support a long-term war with anyone, ..

The Japanese believed, and with some evidence, that
the Western Powers had no stomach or spine for
a protracted war, so they risked it all on a
"gambler's throw."  They were wrong.

They should have waited 70 more years.
They'd have gotten much better odds.