70th Anniversary of the Pearl Harbor Attack.

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  1. Vassilli1942 Well-Known Member

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    Today marks the 7oth Anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The next day President Franklin Delano Roosevelt would address congress.

    Within an hour of the speech, Congress passed a formal declaration of war against Japan and officially brought the U.S. into World War II.
    Vassilli1942, Dec 7, 2011
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  2. CrazyManiac Well-Known Member

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    The war in which Allied nations won and destroyed their global,economical,indrustrial enemies
    CrazyManiac, Dec 7, 2011
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  3. Toast Well-Known Member

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    Best surprise attack ever launched. Anybody who still gets upset about Pearl Harbor is a silly person.

    Movie was awesome, too.
    Toast, Dec 7, 2011
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  4. CrazyManiac Well-Known Member

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    Yah remember when Japan got hit by those huge tsunamis and some of the americans that they deserved it since they did Pearl Harbor...just one word..wow
    CrazyManiac, Dec 7, 2011
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  5. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    Yeah I think we already got them back 3 and a half years later when we dropped the a-bomb. It is sad though that some people still hold a grudge on the Japs.
    slydessertfox, Dec 7, 2011
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  6. LeonTrotsky Well-Known Member

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    Not really. When we fire-bombed Tokyo is considered the retaliation for Pearl Harbor, which I consider to be a fairly poor surprise attack. Not that it wasn't a surprise, but overall the attack wasn't terribly effective.
    LeonTrotsky, Dec 7, 2011
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  7. Vassilli1942 Well-Known Member

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    I have to agree it's really sad that some people still hold a grudge towards the Japanese.
    Vassilli1942, Dec 7, 2011
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  8. TheKoreanPoet Well-Known Member

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    I don't hold a grudge against the japanese for pearl harbor. They were practically brainwashed by that point.
    TheKoreanPoet, Dec 7, 2011
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  9. Bart (Moderator) NKVD Channel Maintainer

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    Ah, the attacks on Pearl Harbor... The best thing that ever could have happened to the US.
    Bart, Dec 7, 2011
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  10. TheKoreanPoet Well-Known Member

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    You better be joking because i'll beat you with a Belgian waffle if your serious you dirty dutch man!
    TheKoreanPoet, Dec 7, 2011
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  11. Bart (Moderator) NKVD Channel Maintainer

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    If you look at the facts: After the war, which the US never intended to join anyway, they became the leader of the "free" world. And what does a Belgian waffle have to do with the Netherlands? You'd better say "clog", because that's Dutch, and a lot better to beat someone with...
    Bart, Dec 7, 2011
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  12. TheKoreanPoet Well-Known Member

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    Frozen Belgian Waffle thats been left in the freezer for so long, its rock hard. Better?
    TheKoreanPoet, Dec 7, 2011
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  13. Bart (Moderator) NKVD Channel Maintainer

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    Meh, maybe a frozen oliebol is better to hit someone with...
    Bart, Dec 7, 2011
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  14. TheKoreanPoet Well-Known Member

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    I don't know why but I've always felt that Belgium and the Netherlands had a hate for each other. Maybe thats why I thought Belgian waffle.
    TheKoreanPoet, Dec 7, 2011
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  15. Bart (Moderator) NKVD Channel Maintainer

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    Oh, nah, we don't really hate each other. It's just good matter of making jokes. (Belgians are stupid, we are greedy.) Here's a (very, very stupid) example:
    Do you know why Belgians never peal a banana? Because they already know what's in it!
    Bart, Dec 7, 2011
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  16. TheKoreanPoet Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for clearing that up.
    TheKoreanPoet, Dec 7, 2011
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  17. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    Might as well start this shit storm now

    Did the government know about the attacks before hand and use them to justify going to war.
    Viking Socrates, Dec 7, 2011
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  18. Romulus211 Proconsul

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    The Doolittle raid was the Revenge attack, not many people remember that.
    Romulus211, Dec 8, 2011
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  19. Karakoran Well-Known Member

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    Man, we really showed them when we dropped like 5 bombs on their city.

    Ya, which totally why they tried every possible thing they could to make the attacks ineffective and tried to negotiate with Japan.

    Let's not do these conspiracy theories.
    Karakoran, Dec 10, 2011
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  20. Toast Well-Known Member

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    lol no

    The Americans knew an attack was imminent the second they pressed an embargo. Most of Japan's oil came from the USA, which is 80% of it. They also opposed Japan at it's every move, especially in China. That was basically a declaration of war itself.

    It's hardly a conspiracy theory when the Americans intercepted quite a bit of information from the Japanese beforehand and dismissed it.
    Toast, Dec 10, 2011
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