Germany's geographic position itself lay at the crossroads of war in Europe, and Prussia's rise and unification of Germany had relied even more on military means. Thus, the growth of German militarism since modern times was hardly surprising.
By comparison, Japan, as an island nation, was relatively secure. Yet ever since Japan had possessed civilization, this country's ambition for expansion had seemed more like a gene branded into its very bones.
In this respect, Japan was even more extreme than Germany. People like Adolf were only a minority in Germany, whereas in Japan, from top to bottom, there was no shortage of people harboring thoughts of foreign invasion.
There was good reason for saying this. Germany's state of mind was far better now than in the previous life, after all, because it had not suffered the humiliation of the Treaty of Versailles from that previous life.
This meant Adolf had far fewer followers than in the previous life, and their quality had declined to a certain extent as well.
Japan, on the other hand, had not changed much. Even low-level Japanese intelligence operatives like Ichiro Kawasaki and Tsugu Koizumi could discuss the astonishing plan of annexing the entire Nanyang region, let alone Japan's upper ranks.
Without the tacit approval and deliberate guidance of Japan's higher-ups, how could these people below possibly entertain such unrealistic ideas?
This was also related to the nature of their work. They frequently operated throughout the Nanyang nations and regions, and could themselves foresee the Japanese Government's intentions toward the Nanyang region.
Especially the Strait of Malacca, East African military base, American military strength in the Philippines, and the like, which they had focused on monitoring and probing in recent years... all of it plainly showed that Japan regarded the Western colonial powers in the Nanyang