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Oberon · 07-14-10, 07:57 AM

I am not as knowledgeable about the Pacific Theatre as I am about the European Theatre, and indeed even within the European theatre I know more about the West Europe war than I do the Eastern one. I think geography comes into it, as well as nationality. I am British, therefore I know more about the war that was at our doorstep than on the other side of the world.
However, over the years I have sought to learn what I can.
I like anime and manga, but Japan does scare me sometimes...particularly the attitude the Imperial Japanese Military had towards its enemies, it was perhaps the closest to total war in the Second World War and it was total war from the start, not after a period of push-backs and retreat. The Japanese gave no quarter, and what prisoners they did accept were...well, made to regret becoming prisoners.

However, I do respect and like some Japanese...Yamamoto in particular stands high and above the entire Japanese military to me. Heh, in fact the Japanese sections in Pearl Harbour were my favourite parts in the whole damn film.

It's a hard thing to say, really, I don't think it's revisionist, after all even the European theatre has its forgotten wars...not many people in the UK could tell you about the Battle of Italy, the bloody fights at Monte Cassino. I suspect that the same holds true in the US...however everyone knows Pearl Harbour on both sides of the Atlantic.

Japans revision does concern me though, concern me and make me very angry indeed...but...this is not part of this thread...so I will not unload here lest I find myself in the same position as Ducimus.

Another forgotten war in the UK is the Malayan 'emergency' (it was called a emergency rather than a war so that Lloyds insurers would still pay out to the rubber plantations and tin mines), heck I wouldn't have known about it if I didn't have a family member who was involved in it.

No war...no battle...no conflict that men, women and children fought and died in should be forgotten...but alas, with human nature there are so many of them that to recall all would be nigh impossible.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I am not as knowledgeable about the Pacific Theatre as I am about the European Theatre, and indeed even within the European theatre I know more about the West Europe war than I do the Eastern one. I think geography comes into it, as well as nationality. I am British, therefore I know more about the war that was at our doorstep than on the other side of the world. However, over the years I have sought to learn what I can. I like anime and manga, but Japan does scare me sometimes...particularly the attitude the Imperial Japanese Military had towards its enemies, it was perhaps the closest to total war in the Second World War and it was total war from the start, not after a period of push-backs and retreat. The Japanese gave no quarter, and what prisoners they did accept were...well, made to regret becoming prisoners. However, I do respect and like some Japanese...Yamamoto in particular stands high and above the entire Japanese military to me. Heh, in fact the Japanese sections in Pearl Harbour were my favourite parts in the whole damn film. It's a hard thing to say, really, I don't think it's revisionist, after all even the European theatre has its forgotten wars...not many people in the UK could tell you about the Battle of Italy, the bloody fights at Monte Cassino. I suspect that the same holds true in the US...however everyone knows Pearl Harbour on both sides of the Atlantic. Japans revision does concern me though, concern me and make me very angry indeed...but...this is not part of this thread...so I will not unload here lest I find myself in the same position as Ducimus. Another forgotten war in the UK is the Malayan 'emergency' (it was called a emergency rather than a war so that Lloyds insurers would still pay out to the rubber plantations and tin mines), heck I wouldn't have known about it if I didn't have a family member who was involved in it. No war...no battle...no conflict that men, women and children fought and died in should be forgotten...but alas, with human nature there are so many of them that to recall all would be nigh impossible.