Remembering Pearl Harbor

[ThunderKiss1965]

That day that will live in infamy.

Pearl Harbor survivor: What I saw aboard the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Sailors aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) pay their respects passing the USS Arizona Memorial on Friday while arriving to join the #PearlHarbor75commemoration

 

[blackhawk]

Sadly to many today don't know what took place on December 7th 1941.

 

[Divine Wind]

A great book on the attack is Walter Lord's "Day of Infamy".


Time until the conspiracy nutjobs claim FDR let it happen....10....9....8.....

 

[there4eyeM]

Japan engaged in pre-emptive war when their oil supplies were threatened. Funny how history seems to somewhat repeat.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Japan engaged in pre-emptive war when their oil supplies were threatened. Funny how history seems to somewhat repeat.

Uh, no. Japan had been busy conquering all of Asia for years and the world was starting to say enough is enough. So Japan decided to take the Pacific fleet out of action for a few years to let them continue their expansion by force then they would offer a peace agreement. The problem was they left the infrastructure in Pearl intact and within a few months most of the ships were operational again.

 

[Moonglow]

Japan engaged in pre-emptive war when their oil supplies were threatened. Funny how history seems to somewhat repeat.

Are the Japanese going to attack again?

 

[there4eyeM]

Justifications for pre-emptive war repeat, even in a 'great democracy'.

 

[Weatherman2020]

 

[there4eyeM]

Who embargoed their oil supplies and when was it done?

 

[Weatherman2020]

Always been fascinated with the sortie of the USS Nevada, only ship to get underway. Highest ranking officer on board was an Ensign who just happened to order a second boiler lit just before the attack in order to switch boilers. And being the only ship moving she became a prime target. Eventually they beached her in order to keep her from sinking and blocking the channel. She then swung her guns towards the ocean waiting for the expected invasion. Love her Sunday flag flying as she gets going.

 

[there4eyeM]

And this pre-emptive attack was judged worthy of such vengeance that hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians were incinerated. What might be expected as 'karma' for other nations that conduct themselves this way?

 

[Syriusly]

Among the things worth remembering about Pearl Harbor was that:

1. Admiral Yamamoto, who planned the attack, knew the U.S. pretty well, and admired much about the U.S. and was personally against the attack- predicting exactly what happened.
2. Part of the reason for the disaster was a lack of willingness to believe that Japanese were as competant as they were. Despite the history of the Japanese taking out the Russian fleet, they were still not looked upon by the U.S. as competant as they were.