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re: 70 Years Ago Today, the U.S. Army Air Corps Made Tokyo Howl
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:10 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:10 pm to Darth_Vader
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that's a lot of civilian dead.
tough shite.
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Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:12 pm to Spaceman Spiff
Finally did the WW II museum New Orleans yesterday.
Incredible stuff for sure. Not sure why I waited so long to go. Beyond all Boundaries movie was awesome experience.
I advise anyone who has never been to go check it out.
Incredible stuff for sure. Not sure why I waited so long to go. Beyond all Boundaries movie was awesome experience.
I advise anyone who has never been to go check it out.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:13 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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Since he was the bombardier, he sat up front. Said it was some really scary shite watching the tracers come at and into the airplane.
my pants would have been perpetually shite in if I were your grandfather
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:20 pm to Team Vote
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my pants would have been perpetually shite in if I were your grandfather
He said it was terrifying, to say the least.
He also told some funny, funny stories from the war. Like the time when they were in India and the king cobra got into their tent. He also told of how some of the natives would run across the runway in the path of landing planes - in order to keep the evil spirits from getting them. Some didn't get across fast enough...
This post was edited on 3/9/15 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:24 pm to LoveThatMoney
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Man, the Japanese were crazy during WWII. Absolutely fanatical. As were the Russians and the Germans. You have to step back and think, "this is how far a man will go to destroy another man." Truly breathtaking in its horror.
Yep. Here's some pictures of what I was talking about....
Japanese school girl's being trained as infantry.
Adult civilians being trained to use bamboo spears
School children (they look about 10 - 12 yrs old to me) being trained to use bamboo spears
Now imagine what would have happened had we actually had to invade and our forces encountered literally tens of thousands of semi-trained women and children charging at them with bamboo spears or other crude weapons. It would have been a massacre on a biblical scale.
This post was edited on 3/9/15 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:29 pm to Darth_Vader
This. What a lot don't realize (ie the bleeding hearts) is that the soldier's mindset spilled over into the civilian population. It would have been worse than bad...
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:32 pm to Darth_Vader
YAAY DEATH! YAY BURNING OF GREAT CITIES. GLORIFY THE CARNAGE NOT TREATING IT AS A NECESSARY EVIL!
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:34 pm to LSU Fan 90812
Ask Nanking how they feel.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:35 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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This. What a lot don't realize (ie the bleeding hearts) is that the soldier's mindset spilled over into the civilian population. It would have been worse than bad...
Exactly. Just as was the case with the military, the Japanese civilian population regarded their emperor as god... literally. They would have died in the millions for him had Japan not surrendered.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:36 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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Ask Nanking how they feel.
It's all atrocious. And mind boggling.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:37 pm to Darth_Vader
Could you imagine the psychological toll for a US soldier to have to mow down a bunch of women and children with sticks?
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:38 pm to Darth_Vader
Darth, have you seen any casualty estimates had we been forced to invade?
(OT, it looks like I have also gained your down voter...)
(OT, it looks like I have also gained your down voter...)
This post was edited on 3/9/15 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:39 pm to Team Vote
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Could you imagine the psychological toll for a US soldier to have to mow down a bunch of women and children with sticks?
I am sure it would have been really, really bad. At least until those women and children started killing US soldiers with said sticks.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:39 pm to LSU Fan 90812
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YAAY DEATH! YAY BURNING OF GREAT CITIES. GLORIFY THE CARNAGE NOT TREATING IT AS A NECESSARY EVIL!
Where did you see me "glorify" anything in this thread? I personally think it's terrible what happened to the civilian population of Japan. Their government led them down a road of total destruction by starting a war against he U.S. that Japan never had a prayer of winning. Yes we had to do terrible things to win that war, but responsibility for that rests on the shoulders of men like Hideki Tojo and Emperor Hirohito.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:41 pm to Darth_Vader
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Yes we had to do terrible things to win that war, but responsibility for that rests on the shoulders of men like Hideki Tojo and Emperor Hirohito
And that is what some don't get - or don't want to see.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:41 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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Darth, have you seen any casualty estimates had we been forced to invade?
I've read they estimated our casualties alone would have been something like 1,000,000 or so. As for the Japanese people, these numbers would have been even worse.
ETA: Fixed typo.
This post was edited on 3/9/15 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:41 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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(OT, it looks like I have also gained your down voter...)
Carry it as a badge of honor.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:42 pm to Team Vote
I know! I build 1/48 scale WWII planes and I could only imagine being in the glass tip of the spear with nothing that front row view. I have often thought, after painting my bombardier and gluing him to the seat what that must of been like when under assault.
to your GP
to your GPPosted on 3/9/15 at 1:43 pm to Darth_Vader
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1,000,000,000 or so
Apparently they didn't teach math on tattoine.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 1:44 pm to BayouBlue386
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Apparently they didn't teach math on tattoine.
oops. One too many group of zeros. Thanks for catching that typo.
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