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Post by laglaeske on Jan 17, 2011 13:36:04 GMT -5
Haven’t you ever wondered what went on that caused Pearl Harbor? From what I understand, the attack was the climax of pressuring tension b/t the U.S. and Japan. Foreign relations wasn’t exactly it; both sides knew they were going to war, and, from what I’ve seen, Japan was going to conduct the surprise attack after giving an ultimatum to the U.S., and after issuing a declaration of war. Also, the surprise attack was actually a failure b/c the Japanese planes didn’t hit the fuel tanks @ the Harbor, and the rest of the U.S. fleet was able to regroup @ what’s left of Pearl Harbor & fight Japan back to its home island. Win for the Allies, right?
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Post by Mr. Delainey on Jan 24, 2011 13:14:20 GMT -5
I disagree: Pearl Harbor was the result of at least decade's worth of failed diplomacy. I.e. The Americans and British foisted a humiliating naval limitations treaty on Japan that basically ensured the Japanese could never match either British or American naval strength; and secondly, the Japanese attached the economic and national survival to getting access to raw resources that the home islands of Japan did not have. The problem was both Britain and America were competing for these self-same raw resources; moreover, the Americans placed even greater pressure upon the Japanese in the 1940s when they cut oil shipment to the island country. This forced Japan's hand.
The attack on Pearl Harbor definitely has to be viewed as a win for the Allies, in that, it woke up the sleeping military power of the American giant and helped turn the tide of the war in favor of the Allies in the Pacific. Without that attack America would've entered the war much later.
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