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Re: Recognition
It is very much as Jeff mentioned.
Allied intelligence on the various makes of Japanese aircraft was very poor in the first 18 months of the war. Every fighter was referred to as a Zero, despite the fact that the British and Americans (AVG) in Malaya and Burma fought almost exclusively against the IJAAF which used the Ki-43.
The poor preparation of the Allies in the early stages of the War was directly related to strongly held racist views that the Japanese were inferior to them. Mind you they soon changed their minds.
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