07 December 2024

A Day Which Lives In Infamy

83 years ago, this moment, the first wave of Imperial Japanese Navy bombers began their attack on Pearl Harbor and awakened a sleeping giant.

Less than four years later, and two applications of canned sunshine, they unconditionally surrendered on the deck of USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

Appropriately, Missouri is currently berthed next to USS Arizona today.

Yamamoto predicted the outcome.

Posted by Angus McThag at 12:55
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  1. slow joe crow08 December, 2024 12:54

    Admiral Stark also called it in the summer of 1941. In the wrap up chapter of Shattered Sword there's a quote of him telling the Japanese ambassador that if they attacked they would have a period of victory, followed by unrecoverable losses and the destruction of the empire.

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