The FReeper Foxhole's TreadHead Tuesday - Japanese Armor of WWII - Oct. 5th, 2004

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[SAMWolf]

Evening Phil Dragoo

"I've been President of the Senate, but the first time I met you was when we walked on this stage."

One of the best lines to come out of the debate tonight. I thought I was watching a rerun of the Bush/Kerry Debate during Edwards first few answers.

I'll take a smart bomb over a smart mouth anyday.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!!!

[Professional Engineer]

I keep wanting to go there, but I don't know if I could deal with it.

Go when you're ready.

Perhaps a FReeper Foxhole pilgrimage to The Wall for mutual support and fellowship is in order?

[SAMWolf]

Perhaps a FReeper Foxhole pilgrimage to The Wall for mutual support and fellowship is in order?

That'd be a good way to go.

[Iris7]

Big fan of Sun Tsu myself. Always saw "Battles are won in the Temple...long before Generals take to the field" more akin to Napoleon's "In war the moral is to the physical as three is to one." Winning in war is more a religious than logistical matter. Beliefs, not wealth.

Of course, the Japanese in WWII were students of Sun Tsu, and the Americans were not. The Japanese thought their "fanaticism", as American's called it, the key to victory. However, a sufficient technological and technical advantage has "a quality all of it's own." War becomes insecticide.

But technical advantages, though critical to victory, were not enough by themselves. Americans were well motivated in those days (group motivation is a matter of faith, hope, and charity, that is, shared beliefs, that is, religion) unlike today. Today's Democrats would be imprisoned for sedition in 1942.

[Iris7]

I live where broadband is not available. I find vroomspeed, at $3 a month, and a standard dialup adequate.

Vroomspeed gets the photos much more quickly by simplification and compression. Simplification is selectable by the user. Photos desired displayed with full detail can be downloaded at will in high resolution. The Foxhole loads in about twenty seconds these days, ten seconds for the photos, instead of two minutes for the photos alone. Not a T-5 line or anything, but a big improvement in my opinion.

[Light Speed]

Actor Ken Watanabe as Katsumoto in The Last Samurai

Hello Iris

Was browsing thru some of my history stuff..and refreshed on the 2 Mongol Naval Invasions of Japan.

The Japanese learned some hard lessons..especially in their Samurai Body armor and Helmet.
Photo's above show the 14th century changes.

Getting their horses shot out from under them was another troubling reality they had to overcome.
Yet..they suprised the Mongols...who after sizing up the Japanese losses..went inland to far..and then got slaughtered by the reformed Samurai.
Japanese coastal Pirates were hired to help in the effort.
They shuttled Samurai close into Mongol ships at night.
Some Mongol ships saw their entire crews beheaded in the night.

An intersting study....the Mongol compression Bow,their tactics.
Samurai discipline and line of battle movement.

Chaos and color..it must have been spectacular.