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Old 12-20-2006, 14:20 PM   #56 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers View Post
And the fact that the US committed the largest naval force in history to destroy the Japanese Empire; dropped two nukes on her cities; and was the cause of the US entry in WWII meant what? The Americans wanted to bleed?

And the attacks on Pearl Harbour, the Bantan Death March, Hong Kong, Sinagpore, all those British and Dutch holdings, as well as the American protectorate the Philipines meant nothing and that they should all have been given to the Japanese?

There were TWO wars in WWII and both of them HAD to be won. The British Indian Army cleared SE Asia. The Chinese openned the Burma Road. And the Americans smashed their way from Midway through Iwo Jima, all with the specific intent of destroying the Imperial Japanese Empire.
Sorry, that simply doesn't make it any more important.

Pearl Harbour was a ***** slap for America, so they made a huge deal about it.

The Pacific front wasn't insignificant, just not as important as your dolling it up to be.

The Atomic bomb was an important historical act yes, but the war was won at that stage anyway.
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