/dev/null Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 In The Bridge On the River Kwai, what river were they building a bridge over? Styx? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 What did the Japanese pilot yell at the start of the attack in Tora! Tora! Tora! ? Allahu Akbar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 What did the Japanese pilot yell at the start of the attack in Tora! Tora! Tora! ? Dirka Dirka, Allah Jihad!! In The Bridge On the River Kwai, what river were they building a bridge over? I've always wondered why the hell you'd want to build a bridge over an island in Hawaii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 One of the most brilliantly planned and executed operations in the history of warfare. It was two years before the US Navy could come close to the same level of operational sophistication. I wonder what would have happened if Nagumo didn't make the conservative decision to withdraw after the 2nd strike wave and launched a more risky 3rd wave directed at fleet infrastructures drydocks and supply depots. Always curious why he didn't roll the dice and go all in for the crippling blow . They already launched an incredibly daring attack and their potential long term strategic advantage would appear to be worth the risk at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 One of the most brilliantly planned and executed operations in the history of warfare. It was two years before the US Navy could come close to the same level of operational sophistication. ? You didn't think Midway was well done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drinkTHEkoolaid Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 ? You didn't think Midway was well done? Yes and no.. the results were great....but We had a huge tactical advantage breaking their code and a lot of luck go our way. Midway could or some would even way should have been a crushing loss for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Yes and no.. the results were great....but We had a huge tactical advantage breaking their code and a lot of luck go our way. Midway could or some would even way should have been a crushing loss for us. Breaking code is part of the game. We did, and won. They should have had a better code or been smart enough not to take the bait the code breakers where feeding them to get them to disclose were they where planning to attack[higher ups all thought it was Alaska.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveinElma Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 DC Tom had a little to much to drink on Pearl Harbor Day I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 ? You didn't think Midway was well done? At the strategic level, sure - can't deny the intelligence coup (anyone would be stupid to try), and the decisions by King, Nimitz, and Fletcher taken to spring the trap were at worst solid. But at the operational level...the US Navy couldn't coordinate multi-carrier operations. Midway's an excellent example of that. The US Navy didn't successfully introduce the multi-carrier task force until the strikes on Rabaul in November of '43, which is something the Japanese were doing in April of '41. So, to reiterate my previous statement, which you greviously misinterpreted (you idiot): One of the most brilliantly planned and executed operations in the history of warfare. It was two years before the US Navy could come close to the same level of operational sophistication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Who can forget FDR's stirring speech to the nation..............................(updated by the current administration) Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly workplace violence demonstrated by Japan on Sunday, December 7th, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese empire. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 Who can forget FDR's stirring speech to the nation..............................(updated by the current administration) . It's "man-caused disaster" now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) Who can forget FDR's stirring speech to the nation..............................(updated by the current administration) . Don't forget a reference to this somehow being the fault of FDR's predecessor and how we now need a high priced Stimulous® to repair the damage and create/save/touch jobs Edited December 8, 2011 by /dev/null Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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