Even though I do not excuse the Japanese government for their actions that day, my heart goes out to the people of Japanese heritage living in the United States at the time. This is regardless whether they were American citizens or just here on a visa. It had to have been terrifying for them.
It was a truly sad and scary time for my grandpa in Hawaii. He was Japanese and had to wear an orange vest to show that he was an American, so he would not be attacked. But was still treated horribly!
I mean no disrespect. But given Japanese doctrine, America had to expect worst case scenario. It’s all a nightmare. Just like everyone then, GIVE HALF of your food for the war. I say it to this day. If japan wanted to win. Fight Russia WITH Germany. You picked a fight you needed to win on an idea they didn’t have.
It was only a matter of time before the US entered the war. . . Pearl Harbor was a smart move strategically for the Japanese. It delayed our assault on Japan for a reasonable amount of time and gave the Japanese the much needed time to prepare.
Japan would have stood no chance at all if they choose to focus their troops in Russia while the United States and its navy invaded from the east. Not to mention the geographic scale of Russia would’ve been very hard to fight with Germany. Need to remember things weren’t as logistically sound as they are now.
Japan and Russia fought a series of engagements in Manchuria in 1939 and the Russians ended up routing them with extreme casualties for the Japanese. They fought with determination but the Russians did too and they had better tanks and artillery. From that point the army decided not to fight the Russians. But without the resources in the south pacific they could not sustain the war against anyone.
In the 3 years since this comment I hope you have gained some sense. I hope you realized that nothing in history happens in a bubble. But I am probably wasting my time. A man can still hope though.
That's funny about the eyes. We Americans had our silly ideas, too. One Aircraft carrier captain told his pilots that the slanted eyes of Orientals limited their peripheral vision.🙃
American complacency about Japanese was responsible for the high death toll of American pilots at the beginning of the Pacific War. Most Americans did not know Zero fighters which outmaneuvered American P-40 and Grumman F-4.
@@hirameberhardt8643 I said that it was a silly idea, I didn't say that I thought it is or was true. Every time and age has its silly ideas, including us. Back in the 1970's, we were warned about the coming "Ice Age." Then, beginning in the late 1980's, we were hearing about "Global Warming." When, after a retrospective review of the 1990's, when the globe was found to be not warming but stable, the lingo changed to "climate change," which had the advantage of being vague, imprecise, and alarming at the same time. I think that what happens is, that the powers that be have to have a crisis, and keep us in a perpetual state of emergency, because they don't want to have to follow the Constitutional restraints upon their power, and stoke the fires of fear and panic in order to justify and maintain their power grabs, and their big, bloated government budgets and the perpetuation of their obsolete bureaucracies, salaries, and perks, all placed on the overburdened shoulders of the laboring taxpayers. The LAST thing that they want a calm, moderate, stable regime and society that is prosperous, content, and that holds government accountable. The propaganda of WWII has changed, but has by no means disappeared, only changed and adapted to the official narrative of the elites in order to maintain their stolen privilege and ill gotten and maintained power.🤑💲🥵💰👺👱
@@hirameberhardt8643 No. I was reporting historical events and the thinking of the times. I have uncles, my dad and their friends that were eye and ear witnesses, it is family oral history.
Even though I do not excuse the Japanese government for their actions that day, my heart goes out to the people of Japanese heritage living in the United States at the time. This is regardless whether they were American citizens or just here on a visa. It had to have been terrifying for them.
It was a truly sad and scary time for my grandpa in Hawaii. He was Japanese and had to wear an orange vest to show that he was an American, so he would not be attacked. But was still treated horribly!
Not a single person in the Japanese government is responsible for what happened back then. What do you mean you don't forgive them?
@@alyssaschwartz2862 yeah
@@mastrtonberry2 he means the government of the time. Its a different government now.
lol
The thing with war, the ones who started it are the last to pay for it. The people will be the first to suffer.
I woeked with Atami Ueno at the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Portland when I was young - in he 1970s.
I mean no disrespect. But given Japanese doctrine, America had to expect worst case scenario. It’s all a nightmare. Just like everyone then, GIVE HALF of your food for the war.
I say it to this day. If japan wanted to win. Fight Russia WITH Germany. You picked a fight you needed to win on an idea they didn’t have.
It was only a matter of time before the US entered the war. . . Pearl Harbor was a smart move strategically for the Japanese. It delayed our assault on Japan for a reasonable amount of time and gave the Japanese the much needed time to prepare.
Japan would have stood no chance at all if they choose to focus their troops in Russia while the United States and its navy invaded from the east. Not to mention the geographic scale of Russia would’ve been very hard to fight with Germany. Need to remember things weren’t as logistically sound as they are now.
Japan and Russia fought a series of engagements in Manchuria in 1939 and the Russians ended up routing them with extreme casualties for the Japanese. They fought with determination but the Russians did too and they had better tanks and artillery. From that point the army decided not to fight the Russians. But without the resources in the south pacific they could not sustain the war against anyone.
@@fitchner9406they stood no chance at all 😂 those natives experienced the worst pain we could inflict on them, we just let them out mercifully
In the 3 years since this comment I hope you have gained some sense. I hope you realized that nothing in history happens in a bubble. But I am probably wasting my time. A man can still hope though.
That's funny about the eyes. We Americans had our silly ideas, too. One Aircraft carrier captain told his pilots that the slanted eyes of Orientals limited their peripheral vision.🙃
Are you laughing at GOD'S creation?
American complacency about Japanese was responsible for the high death toll of American pilots at the beginning of the Pacific War. Most Americans did not know Zero fighters which outmaneuvered American P-40 and Grumman F-4.
@@hirameberhardt8643 I said that it was a silly idea, I didn't say that I thought it is or was true. Every time and age has its silly ideas, including us. Back in the 1970's, we were warned about the coming "Ice Age." Then, beginning in the late 1980's, we were hearing about "Global Warming." When, after a retrospective review of the 1990's, when the globe was found to be not warming but stable, the lingo changed to "climate change," which had the advantage of being vague, imprecise, and alarming at the same time.
I think that what happens is, that the powers that be have to have a crisis, and keep us in a perpetual state of emergency, because they don't want to have to follow the Constitutional restraints upon their power, and stoke the fires of fear and panic in order to justify and maintain their power grabs, and their big, bloated government budgets and the perpetuation of their obsolete bureaucracies, salaries, and perks, all placed on the overburdened shoulders of the laboring taxpayers. The LAST thing that they want a calm, moderate, stable regime and society that is prosperous, content, and that holds government accountable. The propaganda of WWII has changed, but has by no means disappeared, only changed and adapted to the official narrative of the elites in order to maintain their stolen privilege and ill gotten and maintained power.🤑💲🥵💰👺👱
That sounds true, but it isn't. JN were well practiced night fighters.
@@hirameberhardt8643
No. I was reporting historical events and the thinking of the times. I have uncles, my dad and their friends that were eye and ear witnesses, it is family oral history.