What was the position of the Japanese Marine Corps in World War II? Is there a deep contradiction between ocean and land?

The Minister of Maritime Affairs is the Minister of Navy. At that time, the Japanese navy had three yamen, namely, the Ministry of Naval Affairs, which was responsible for personnel recruitment, promotion, budget preparation and application, and management of shipyards and bases.

The Military Command Department is responsible for strategic planning and guidance.

Joint fleet (combat troops)

Xiang Hai is the leader of the naval province and the representative of the navy in the government.

The conflict between ocean and land is actually the conflict between navy and army. Irreconcilable contradictions in competing for resources.

Indeed, in the Meiji era, there was a contradiction between the army bosses from Changzhou and the navy bosses from Satsuma, vying for dominance and budget.

But in the Showa era, the Changzhou faction of the army basically disappeared. By birth, Big Head is still a thief.

So is the navy. With the implementation of hammocks and the mandatory requirement that people with Shama background should not be the director of the naval personnel bureau, this resentment has long since vanished.

The difference lies in strategic direction and budget. The army wants to fight Siberia, but the navy doesn't.

The navy needs a lot of money and steel to build warships, and the army is not satisfied.

Contradictions are increasing.

Tell a joke, Isoroku Yamamoto's successor, General Soeda Sobu, once published a book at his own expense, specifically mocking the army.

After learning that he was going to war with the United States, he immediately opposed it on the grounds that the army's red deer suggested that the navy could not follow.