To: marktwain
Most Americans do not remember that China did not give permission to use their territory for the raid, and that the Japanese army killed 250,000 Chinese in revenge for the raid.The Japanese needed little provocation when it came to brutality. Like their Nazi buddies, they were a superior race, and the commission of atrocities were commonplace.
As far as winning the war, although Pearl Harbor was devastated, they missed the aircraft carriers. They were out at sea.
To: He Rides A White Horse
And they didn't hit the Pearl submarine yards nor the fuel dumps. Once we got our torpedo act together, the Japanese merchant marine found permanent anchor.
21 posted on
05/18/2011 1:29:32 AM PDT by
oyez
(The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.)
To: He Rides A White Horse
“As far as winning the war, although Pearl Harbor was devastated, they missed the aircraft carriers. They were out at sea.”
They missed the repair bays as well as fuel storage as well. The Japs screwed up bigtime on Dec 7 1941.
22 posted on
05/18/2011 4:18:21 AM PDT by
TalBlack
( Evil doesn't have a day job.)
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