Oh, yeah; I spend hours on end pondering who was to blame for Pearl Harbor. not
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
I’m sick and tied of folks who attack America. Being attacked was NOT our fault!
“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with great resolve.”
It’s Bush’s fault.
Americans are still wondering who was to blame
I’m going to go out on limb here and say the Japanese.
Whose fault is it?....Bammy says Bush.
Uhmmmmm.........Japan?
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I am not wondering who is to blame.
The Japanese warmongers had already invaded China and Korea and were attacking islands and countries all over the Pacific.
They were the ones dropping the bombs.
Pretty simple.
Ask any survivor.
Nobody even questioned “who to blame” until just a few years ago..
Thank you, political correctness-courtesy of our libtard friends.
Who attacked Pearl Harbor is to blame..."Japanese" is the word even ignorant Brits use.
"It's not over! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor??"
UK journalists are projecting their stupidity onto Americans. Nothing new there. But what I wonder is why the Japanese were so stupid that they could convince themselves that getting into a war with the US was a good idea.
OK...forgive me...I’m going to take a step off of “stuck on stupid” train of thought...country “A” is going about their business...country “B” comes in and drops bombs on Country “A”...lots of people in Country “A” are killed...Country “A” goes after Country “B” and 4 years later Country “B” experiences bigger bombs being dropped by Country “A” and gives up...Now what part of “Stupid move on country “B”” don’t you comprehend?
>> The usual scapegoats were identified and ruined, but for decades...
So it was the Germans after all...
Of course there were events leading up to the attack. But no action or inaction by Roosevelt or anyone else pulled the bomb release. That responsibility is the pilot's, and his commander's, and his commander's above him. That's what chain of command means. Pretending otherwise is the arena of fantasists and fools.
If Nagumo had listened to Fuchida and Genda, the attack on Pearl Harbor would have probably had a much different ending. Leaving the flattops unaccounted for and the repair facilities and oil storage facilities intact was error that would haunt them at Midway.
Nagumo was haunted by all the wargames that showed the Americans retaliating successfully and sinking one or more of the Jap flattops that were needed in the coming naval ops and invasion of the Phillipines. So rather than launch a third, fourth, or how ever many strikes it took to smash the American fleet, he withdrew.
They could have also committed more of their submarine assets to the attack. The I class subs were the largest fleet boats in the world and could have stayed on station for a long time.
The Americans did not believe the attack would come as it did and did not pay heed to the British torpedo attacks against Italian battlewagons at Taranto, which had the same shallow waters as Pearl.
Bold attack marred by the flattops not being in port, the lack of follow through, and the fleet not being at it’s alternate anchorage of Lahaina Roads, which is unsalvageably deep.
The Japanese government was to blame, FDR was their enabler, my Daddy was their nightmare.
Aleutian Islands; battle of Attu and Kiska. Two Purple Hearts.
R.I.P. Pops. 1918-1985