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Was the battle of Midway the biggest F U of all time?
Posted on 1/14/17 at 12:16 am
Posted on 1/14/17 at 12:16 am
Japan strikes at Pearl Harbor and brings the US to its knees. Then the US has a decisive victory at Midway and thwarts Japanese expansion in the Pacific and turns WWII to the US' favor.
The battle of Midway is said to be the most decisive victory in the history of naval warfare.
The battle of Midway is said to be the most decisive victory in the history of naval warfare.
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Posted on 1/14/17 at 12:18 am to The Boat
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The battle of Midway is said to be the most decisive victory in the history of naval warfare.
Easily the most impactful since the Battle of Lepanto.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 12:19 am to The Boat
It was a major battle in a war. Not sure how that would classify it as an "F U."
Doolittle's raid was an F U.
Doolittle's raid was an F U.
This post was edited on 1/14/17 at 12:20 am
Posted on 1/14/17 at 12:25 am to The Boat
England destroying the Spanish Armada has to rank up there.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 12:25 am to ChewyDante
The whole Pacific Fleet was just destroyed at Pearl Harbor then a few months later we kick their arse and stop their expansion. Not more F U than that.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 12:27 am to The Boat
A decisive ictory, but nobody knew it was the turning point at the time. Guadalcanal was still to come, with 6 months of touch and go fighting. After that, the US firmly had the initiative.
We lose on Guadalcanal and Midway is for naught.
We lose on Guadalcanal and Midway is for naught.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 12:28 am to The Boat
Midway might have been the most important FU of all time.
It allowed the US to turn more to Europe.
It allowed the US to turn more to Europe.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 12:29 am to WhiskeyPapa
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Midway might have been the most important FU of all time.
Battle of Tours, although I think we are all being pretty liberal with FU.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 12:42 am to The Boat
It wasn't really an FU but more of a... we aren't as dumb as you think
Posted on 1/14/17 at 12:44 am to The Boat
No. Donald Trump was.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 12:45 am to The Boat
Turning point in the Pacific.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 12:48 am to ChewyDante
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Doolittle's raid was an F U.
Nagasaki was an FU
Posted on 1/14/17 at 1:09 am to The Boat
Hal Halbrook almost lost the war when he told Henry Fonda not to go after the fourth Japanese carrier.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 1:09 am to Eightballjacket
Awesome movie
Posted on 1/14/17 at 1:25 am to Cosmo
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Nagasaki was an FU
without a doubt.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 1:28 am to The Boat
It was the biggest holy shite, it's the entire Japanese fleet, and we have the jump on them, move in WW2 if that is what you mean. We did cripple the Japanese fleet in one fell swoop but we had a bit of luck on our side. Call it karma for pearl. 
Posted on 1/14/17 at 2:03 am to Alan Garner
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, it's the entire Japanese fleet,
Not to nitpick, but the Japanese comitted 6 carriers for the Pearl Harbor operation vs 4 for Midway, plus another one sent on a diversionary attack in the Aleutians. And the task force intended for bombarding and invading the island itself never got into action. After losing their carriers Japan called off the operation. With one US carrier sunk and the other air wings decimated, following through on the invasion plan might have paid off.
The bold stroke at Pearl Harbor was the exception rather than the rule.. Japanese commanders often showed timidity, occasionally losing their nerve on the verge of victory.
This post was edited on 1/14/17 at 2:12 am
Posted on 1/14/17 at 2:19 am to Jim Rockford
If the Japanese had taken the time, flown about a mile further inland, and taken out the massive fuel depots we had at Pearl, things might have gone much, much differently. If our carriers were there AND they had taken out the fuel depots, Japan could have invaded the mainland, because we would have had no way to stop them.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 2:27 am to The Boat
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the biggest F U of all time
Trump winning the Presidency.
Posted on 1/14/17 at 2:47 am to The Boat
Midway is intriguing due to the long string of seemingly miraculous events that occurred in the American's favor before and during that battle. Much of the information on this battle was only released from Navy records during the 1970's.
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