Ken Burns' -THE WAR on PBS

[John Channing]

Originally Posted by tater

They just said the point of Midway to the japanese was to smash the remainder of the US pacific fleet (OK, true), take Hawaii (!), hold its people hostage and force us to sue for peace. That's the most clueless thing I've heard in a while.

Yup... that was the first time I've heard that theory.

So far it seems a little jingoistic. It will be interesting to see how the end of the war in Europe is handled.

JCC