80th anniversary of Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
 

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Of the eight U.S. Navy battleships present, all were damaged, with four sunk. All but USS Arizona were later raised and six were returned to service and went on to fight in the war.

2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 others were wounded.Important Base facilities such as fuel and torpedo storage, maintenance and headquarters were not attacked. Although the attack was successful, the attacks failed against the American Aircraft Carriers which were not present at Hawaii.

The Japanese had awakened a sleeping giant and the U.S would repay the favor by destroying 4 aircraft carriers at the battle of Midway, 3 within the first 5-10 minutes of the engagement. In addition, 1 heavy cruiser was sunk and another damaged. 248 aircraft destroyed,3057 killed and 37 captured for the Japanese forces.


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~SALUTE~

80 years ago. Not really far away.

- Salute -

I salute those who lost their life during that day and the days that followed.

Markus

My father was stationed at Schofield Barracks and he brought me to the grand opening of the Arizona Memorial in 1962.

On that day one man slept the sleep of the saved Winston Spencer Churchill.
He new that they maybe set backs in the Pacific and in the desert also in the Atlantic but once America's industrial might is fully brought to bare Japan will be doomed.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgP60RlCVTE

But in some ways it seems like ages ago. :hmmm:

Losing 14% of your attack aircraft (48 outta 350) ain't real good!??
 

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp...1-4C-Nov03.jpg https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/20...-pearl-harbor/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp...6-HT-Nov03.jpg <A flight of U.S. Boeing B-17 bombers from California was caught up in the air raid on Pearl Harbor. In this photo taken from one of the B-17s, a pair of Japanese Aichi D3A Val dive bombers, distinguished by their fixed landing gear, are seen heading for targets on Oahu. As Commander Wallace points out astutely, the failure to sink the strategic carriers at Pearl Harbor would put 'paid' to Japan's poorly concieved strategic goals of an Asiatic Empire. After 1942, the staged grudging Bushido Code retreat to the atomic 'rising suns' over Hiroshima and Nagasaki marked three years of fruitless holding on to the snatch-and-grab empire-building tactics of Hideki Togo. A pity about the aerial assassination of poor ADM. Yamamoto though (Operation Vengeance). It was perceived that Hitler was so poor a commander that attempts to assassinate him ( S.O.E.'s Operation Foxley ) were cancelled- Der Führer's incompetence was actually helping the Allies!!:yep: Given Yamamoto's two screwups at Pearl and Midway points up three irrefutable rules of warfare: break the enemy's code(Enigma & Purple Machine); have an 'inside man' to screw up their own military plans; and have a bigger bank account than both opponents combined....:hmmm: As with the Fuhrer, in history's 20-20 hindsight, Yamamoto, with his unaggressive subordinate Nagumo, was perhaps a decent tactician but a failed strategist.

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As Drach states at the end, Pearl Harbor is close to being just history, instead of living history, as those involved in it are very old now.

Can't You Forgive and Forget
 

These people are our Allies today.And our son or daughter may depend on these people in the future.