Posted on 08/28/2015 4:39:38 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
If you could take that picture back in time and show it to a typical American during the years 1942-1944 he or she would probably react with stunned disbelief.
I was thinking that same thing.
Watching the cooperation of the Japanese as events unfold, it occurs to me none of that could have happened without our having left the Emperor in place. He was the only one that virtually the entire people would obey.
I agree.
Not apropos of anything in particular, I happened upon this episode of Popeye just now:
Popeye The Sailor 113 - Scrap the Japs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCFZ6nh9djY
Other things helped us.
The Japanese people trusted the Americans. They knew we would be soft on them.
They were also sick of war by that time.
They were hungry.
Had to be more than a little scary out there on the pointy end of the stick on August 28, 1945 though, since they didn’t have our luxury of hindsight.
A question for you. If we had kept the Enterprise as a museum ship would we have been able to name another active ship the Enterprise?
I don’t think they trusted us at first, until after they’d actually dealt with us.
They had been propagandized against us so thoroughly before the end that civilians would jump off cliffs rather than fall into our hands.
They were shocked when our troops treated them well.
Yes. The ships are officially stricken from the Navy list when made a museum, and the name is available again. For example, there is an active duty Virginia class nuclear submarine even though the battleship is a museum in Wilmington.
As a practical matter, though, the Big E was such a famous ship that they might not have named a replacement even though they could.
They expected us to eat their babies. We found sushi more to our liking.
Sorry, poor editing on my tablet. I was referring to 2 versions of the USS North Carolina.
She certainly earned the title the fightingest carrier.
No question about it, Homer. I think it would have been easier for them to believe that one day Germany and the U.S. would be allies, but Japan? Never.
Come on! It's history! Look, it has Nazis in it!
Actually, back in the day, the The History Channel website had an on line forum, of which the World War 2 page was quite active. There were some very knowledgeable contributors, and the discussions were enlightening. Many of the essays I've posted here were originally written for THC. Unfortunately, a lot of riff-raff moved in, the moderators didn't ban them and the neighborhood went to hell. You know how it goes.
I'm so much happier that FR is a gated community.
Major league baseball commissioner Brooklyn Dodgers President and General Manager Branch Rickey and future baseball great Jackie Robinson meet and discuss the difficulties Robinson, a black athlete, will face in major league baseball.
or
Major league baseball commissioner Branch Rickey Happy Chandler and future baseball great Jackie Robinson meet and discuss the difficulties Robinson, a black athlete, will face in major league baseball.
So, you don't believe you're "riff-raff"? Shall we vote? But I'm on your side, whichever way it goes.
Of course I’m riff-raff. But I’m very upscale riff-raff.
Most places I go only let me in because of Mrs. henkster.
Like Ross Perot, eh? Married way above your pay-grade? Me, too.
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