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Friday, December 06, 2024
Pearl Harbor Surprise Attack and its Aftermath
As Hitler and his army turned their attention towards Russia, a momentous event occurred in the Pacific as the Japanese air force launched a surprise attack on the American Naval Fleet, stationed at Pearl Harbor on December 7th. This event led to the USA's direct involvement in the war. Meanwhile, in Europe, Hitler found himself faced with more than just the threat of Russia.
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Yeah - and our fucking .gov knew it was coming. But hey we need a war and what's a few dead Americans? Kinda like 911. You don't hate these motherfuckers enough.
ReplyDeleteOne very compelling piece of circumstantial evidence - all the carriers 'just happened' to be out at sea.
DeleteAs for one carrier, the Enterprise, it should have been in harbor on 12/7 but was delayed to weather. It sailed in to Pearl harbor on 12/8, took on fuel and supplies and got the hell out of Peral Harbor quickly. As to our government 'knew' it was coming, yes, they knew Japan was going to strike somewhere, but the inside the box thinking then couldn't imagine a strike on Pearl Harbor; partly out of latent racism which blinded leaders to underestimate Japanese capabilities . And as a footnote, in the Russo-Japanese War, prior to formally declaring war, Japan also launched a surprise attack on the Imperial Russia fleet anchored at Port Arthur in China, in February, 1904 and was praised for it....
DeleteFOOW, the Japanese also defeated the Russian navy around 1900. So Japanese capabilities had been well demonstrated prior to 1941. There goes your latent racism theory.
DeleteMy Dad was there, on the USS Tangier. They were tied up next to the Utah, another War Grave
ReplyDeleteI knew a lot of this but not all. Great film.
ReplyDeleteThis led to another one of Hitler's stupid decisions. He did not necessarily have to declare war on the United States, even though the U.S. was at the time, a belligerent neutral. By not declaring war on the U.S., he solved Roosevelt's political problem for him.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it was a dumb move, though a state of war essentially already existed. The US certainly has an odd definition of neutrality.
DeleteWith the December 7 memorials tomorrow, keep in mind the Port Chicago disaster in WWII in Martinez Ca. Huge US maritime tragedy in WWII that most Americans don’t know about. I’ve made a reservation (on the active Concord Naval Weapons Station; Brian Wilson anyone?) that will also include the John Muir national monument in Martinez, Ca. Never been to either.
ReplyDeleteI was driving my '73 914 down H-1 when three planes with big meatballs flew by off to the south of me.
ReplyDeleteI thought I was still hammered until I realized those Zeros were part of that movie that turned out to be a faggy chick-flick.
I guess I was cracking Cuba up at a Lewer Street bar but I was too hammered to remember.
I didn't really like Hawaii.
Wrong. Those were actual Japanese Zeros. The pilots did not know the war was over.
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