Why the Imperial Navy and Army HATE Each Other

This was very similar to the Imperial Japanese. The Imperial Japanese army and navy hated each other. The army believed that the Navy's only job was to transport the army to where they needed to go. Both tried to win the emperor's favor. The Japanese navy tended to have more of the aristocrats and richer recruits as well.

I guess this is one thing that Palpatine does not even needed to mess with at all because such rivalry always existed before he came along.

One other quote from Admiral Yamamoto was "In the first six to twelve moths of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then if the war continues after that, I have no expectations of success." Six months after Peral Harbor the Japanese attacked Midway.

I didn't realize that the Stromtroopers were part of the Imperial Army. I always figured they were part of the Imperial Navy. I always saw them as the Star Wars equivalent of Marines. The landing force of the Navy. Also because they are mainly stationed on Star Destroyers.

Generation Tech: “why the imperial Army and Navy HATE each other” That one Japanese viewer: “I’ve seen this one before!”

This kind of reminds me of a story I recently read about how the Imperial Japanese Navy and Army during WW2 hated each other. I wonder if SW EU writers were using that as an inspiration in their writing.

I enjoy the real life connections to the star wars universe. It's very informative and entertaining.

Interservice rivalry will also make a coup, mutiny or defection a lot harder, both in fiction and real life. That charismatic captain might be able to convince his crew to defect to the rebellion but the stormtrooper stationed aboard his ship probably have other views. And that Imperial Army general may be able to convert that planet into his personal domain, but without navy support, if will become his prison.

This is basically Japanese Empire inter-service rivalry lol. IJN: 'MORE STEEL FOR SHIPS' IJA: 'MORE STEEL FOR TANKS'

Man, some real Imperial Japanese vibes in this video Edit: Hadn't even watched this video yet, and it's been brought up

At the end of the day, you're not going to win a war if you can't put boots on the ground. Palpatine put all his eggs on escalating aggression with orbital bombardments and planetary-killing WMDs. But you can't hold ANYTHING if you don't have boots on the ground. Never underestimate the importance of Infantry.

it’s like this in most real life countries; maybe not hatred, but a rivalry. In the UK there is a big rivalry between our two elite infantry units, Royal Marines (Navy) and Paras (Army). It’s definitely more of a friendly rivalry, especially since the Marines and Paras tend to be deployed and fight together very often. And it’s not uncommon to find a Para who’s actually completed the Marine commando training course and earned the green beret, or to find a marine who’s completed the Para course and earned the “wings”. Plus even other british military units in all branches can choose to complete the Marines or Para training courses.

Simple. One is the Navy and the other is the Army. Aged old rivalry. Even in real life we have similar rivalry that even lead to several assassination attempts. I'm talking about the Imperial Japanese Army vs the Imperial Japanese Navy.

I love the perspective you put on rivalry, but what about joint operations? Just like in the real world we live on with coordinated Forces elements (ie: AirForce+Army or Navy+Marines) we saw similarity in ESB during the battle of Hoth. It is Vader's fleet invading with newly appointed Admiral Piett but its ground troop lead commander was General Veers in his green army fatigues, not an admiral or a Navy superseding the Snowtroopers. Once the Shields generators were destroyed, Veers passed on command to Vader for the next military target within Echo base itself. Would be cool to see more joint ops from the Empire and how successful or unsuccessful this has been.

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Even with all the real world inter service rivalry we all have to be nice to the step kid, the Coast Guard. After all, recruiting got bad enough that they had to relax the rule on all applicants being at least 6 foot tall so that they could walk to shore if the boat sank.

In the Imperial Army being recruited from the working class and outer rim is one of the reasons why the empire fell With Palpatine gone and operation cinder, I'm quite sure a lot of the Imperial Army reassessed their loyalty

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On the subject of Imperial Japan, Hideki Tojo, chief of its miltary was an absolute madman. The man would sooner see his country - and his people - driven to annihilation than accept defeat.