Pearl Harbor 75th Anniversary

MaxwellTheScribblenaut · Dec 08, 2011 1:44 AM

The 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.

Swaffy · Dec 08, 2011 3:31 AM

Never mind.

Clock-la · Dec 08, 2011 4:43 PM

Swaffy wrote:

At least we went out with a nuke.

-_- dude...

Stormy · Dec 08, 2011 6:10 PM

Yeah... I don't think killing innocent people is really something to be proud of.

Latias fan · Dec 08, 2011 7:36 PM

Swaffy wrote:

At least we went out with a nuke.

Swaffy · Dec 08, 2011 8:24 PM

I know.

Clock-la · Dec 08, 2011 8:33 PM

-_- oh god guys, just stop hmm

Swaffy · Dec 08, 2011 8:35 PM

Clock-la wrote:

-_- oh god guys, just stop

<-- It was him.

Pizzaboy721 · Dec 21, 2011 1:47 AM

I think it's the 70th anniversary since pearl harbor happened on december 7th, 1941

Neotyguy40 · Dec 21, 2011 1:50 AM

To be fair, warnings were given to Japanese leaders of the impending atom bomb and which cities were going to be struck and when. The expectation was that the cities would be evacuated before the bomber would even be sent out.

Not that it was a good thing, but plenty of warning was given to Japan.

Clock-la · Dec 21, 2011 12:42 PM

That still dos'nt exuse such a thing, nor dose it make it alright.

Leo · Dec 21, 2011 7:48 PM

Did we really need that bomb anyway?Feels like we could have won the war without it....

Aceedwin · Dec 21, 2011 9:01 PM

American military advisors believed that the Japanese would fight to the last man, or as near as makes no difference. Due to awkward terrain, while victory was by this point inevitable, without the bomb, the war was estimated to last another year or two, and more losses on both sides than the bombs caused.

The use of the bomb was not really a great point of contention. What was a point was the lack of warning. Some surmise that if the USA had provided a demonstration of the bomb, the Japanese would surrender. They didn't, and thousands of innocent civilians were killed, and two cities gained chronic health problems, like cancer.

Stormy · Dec 21, 2011 9:07 PM

Neotyguy40 wrote:

To be fair, warnings were given to Japanese leaders of the impending atom bomb and which cities were going to be struck and when. The expectation was that the cities would be evacuated before the bomber would even be sent out.
Not that it was a good thing, but plenty of warning was given to Japan.

I never knew that. At least they didn't want the innocent people to be killed.

Why didn't they evacuate, though?

Clock-la · Dec 21, 2011 9:21 PM

TBH i herd there was no warning...

Neotyguy40 · Dec 21, 2011 10:29 PM

Stormy wrote:

I never knew that. At least they didn't want the innocent people to be killed.
Why didn't they evacuate, though?

Hideki Tojo was the Japanese general, while Hirohito was the emperor. The emperor did not want to lose any land to America, so he requested Tojo surrender. Unfortunately, Tojo was a stubborn idiot and continued to attack due to the old Code of Bushido, which said you could not surrender. He wanted Japan to die fighting rather than surrender.

Diary of President Truman, July 1945 wrote:

The target will be a purely military one and we will issue a warning statement asking the Japs to surrender and save lives.

Japan did not respond directly to the letter, however there were decoded messages that prove that they did, in fact, want to fight to the death. I do not know why they surrendered though after the second one. Maybe they thought that we had more than 2?

Swaffy · Dec 22, 2011 5:37 PM

WWII. My favorite part of History class. Also, Hitler was a dork.

Clock-la · Dec 22, 2011 5:58 PM

Swaffy wrote:

WWII. My favorite part of History class. Also, Hitler was a dork.

WAS my frave, however we have done it todeath in our schools tongue

MaxwellTheScribblenaut · Jan 01, 2012 2:13 AM

Neotyguy40 wrote:

Stormy wrote:
I never knew that. At least they didn't want the innocent people to be killed.
Why didn't they evacuate, though?
Hideki Tojo was the Japanese general, while Hirohito was the emperor. The emperor did not want to lose any land to America, so he requested Tojo surrender. Unfortunately, Tojo was a stubborn idiot and continued to attack due to the old Code of Bushido, which said you could not surrender. He wanted Japan to die fighting rather than surrender.
Diary of President Truman, July 1945 wrote:
The target will be a purely military one and we will issue a warning statement asking the Japs to surrender and save lives.
Japan did not respond directly to the letter, however there were decoded messages that prove that they did, in fact, want to fight to the death. I do not know why they surrendered though after the second one. Maybe they thought that we had more than 2?

To start again, they WERE going to fight to the last man, like Hitler told his soldiers, but they wimped out. The Japaniese decided they would get back at the Germans later. They decided not to when the war ended. As for the nuclear explosion, well.....

DO NOT WATCH IF YOU DO NOT LIKE GORE.

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Clock-la · Jan 01, 2012 10:42 AM

^ already seen it... Its sick.

MaxwellTheScribblenaut · Jan 01, 2012 1:30 PM

Clock-la wrote:

^ already seen it... Its sick.

I remember getting nightmares, with that image of the little girls eye's melting away, stuck into my brain for two days. Didn't get any sleep at all.

Mr. John · Jan 01, 2012 2:37 PM

God bless all the poor souls lost on that day!

MaxwellTheScribblenaut · Jan 01, 2012 3:50 PM

Mr. John wrote:

God bless all the poor souls lost on that day!

On each day, Hiroshima AND Nagasaki. I heard that combined, over 120,000 Japaniese men, woman, and children each were killed.

Mr. John · Jan 01, 2012 5:16 PM

Poor things such a shame that such a thing happened but I really wish all the best for the families that lost loved ones that day!

And hope they always remember them!

MaxwellTheScribblenaut · Jan 01, 2012 11:46 PM

Mr. John wrote:

Poor things such a shame that such a thing happened but I really wish all the best for the families that lost loved ones that day!
And hope they always remember them!

Yep. They even have a memorial set up right on the sight where the bomb exploded over the city.

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