WWII Postwar Constitutions

[WarriorMonk]

Are Germany and Japan still held to their postwar constitutions a la how large a military they can have and what can they have in it, like

why is Japan's military called the Military Self Defence Force?

and why don't both countries have carriers or extensive naval fleets and stuff?

any limitations on army size and types of equipment they can have? (Germany's Land Warrior/Infanterist du Zunkunft doesn't count)

[Para]

Japan....Did not really want to go military again, now why should they spend their hard earned cash when Uncle Sam is there looking after them. If they spent a lot of money building up their forces they would not have the money to take over all those American business

[Jani.R]

Finland had some limitations to army set by Paris Peace Treaty (1947) but most of them where shrugged off when Soviet Union fell, expect the atomic weaponory, which would be pointless because we have signed number of treaties limiting nuclear weapons.

[von_Moo142]

Are Germany and Japan still held to their postwar constitutions a la how large a military they can have and what can they have in it, like

why is Japan's military called the Military Self Defence Force?

and why don't both countries have carriers or extensive naval fleets and stuff?

any limitations on army size and types of equipment they can have? (Germany's Land Warrior/Infanterist du Zunkunft doesn't count)

IIRC, the naval commitment to NATO from Germany mainly involved the Baltic. So her navy was geared more towards diesel subs and fast attack craft than patroling the GIUK gap.

Both during the cold war and now, neither of these nations seem to envisage getting into the kind of conflict that would require them to need such methods of power projection. Either nation would only really be involved in conflict as part of a coalition, or in self defense (which would usually also be as part of a coaliton, and is highlt unlikely anyway).

[JoaMei]

Are Germany and Japan still held to their postwar constitutions a la how large a military they can have and what can they have in it, like

why is Japan's military called the Military Self Defence Force?

and why don't both countries have carriers or extensive naval fleets and stuff?

any limitations on army size and types of equipment they can have? (Germany's Land Warrior/Infanterist du Zunkunft doesn't count)

IIRC, the naval commitment to NATO from Germany mainly involved the Baltic. So her navy was geared more towards diesel subs and fast attack craft than patroling the GIUK gap.

Both during the cold war and now, neither of these nations seem to envisage getting into the kind of conflict that would require them to need such methods of power projection. Either nation would only really be involved in conflict as part of a coalition, or in self defense (which would usually also be as part of a coaliton, and is highlt unlikely anyway).


All german limitations were removed after the cold war, basically germany is allowed to build everything they want.

The German Goverment declared it will never build or have any WMD's.

[Dexx]

Germany can have carriers and all stuff she wants to have. There are no limitations since reunification in 1990. But carriers are very expensive and simply not necessary for Germany.

Japan is different. The US imposed restrictions on Japan after WW2 by making preconditions for the Japanese Constitution that are still in power today. But it is more a formality and if Japan wants to rewrite her Constition there wouldn't be objections by the US. Both countries are close allies.