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"Fuck Nazis" - the all-uniting cry 20th Century History (media.piefed.social)
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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (6 children)

They thought that Pearl Harbor wouldn't start a war.

What did they think they were going to accomplish, then?

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    If true, that was incredibly dumb of them

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Had they managed to sink the entire fleet at port, had the carriers not been put on maneuvers, etc … it might have worked some.

    “We just destroyed your entire fleet, if you just turn the oil back on we won’t attack further”

    Common bully tactic.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Had they managed to sink the entire fleet at port,

    see this is what I'm talking about: you can't. japan and germany together couldn't pull it off because our fleets were spread up and down the east and west coasts and the gulf.

    the literally did not have the capability to attack anything further than hawaii.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'm curious how a WWII where the entire Pacific fleet was docked in Pearl Harbor when attacked would have turned out.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    In hindsight probably not terribly different, just woulda taken longer

    The logistics and manufacturing capability of the USA far outpaced all the other nations at that time.

    Midway is a good example of how outclassed Japan was from the outset.

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