Pearl Harbor Day

[Chaoswolf]

At 0806 hrs on 7 December 1941 a Japanese 1700 lb bomb punched through the USS Arizona’s main deck driving into her forward powder magazine. The subsequent blast blew the battleship in two and 1177 sailors were killed instantly. They remain entombed within their ship. Of the 2335 American lives lost on that day , over half were represented on the Arizona alone. 

 

81 years ago today. Just figured it deserved a mention.

[Inarah]

Thank you.  This is the only mention of it I've seen today.  The "date that will live in infamy" has apparently been forgotten by many. 

 

 

[TGP]

1 hour ago, Chaoswolf said:

. . . USS Arizona’s main deck driving into her forward powder magazine

Why have I always believed it was the aft magazine spaces? 

 

1 hour ago, Inarah said:

Thank you.  This is the only mention of it I've seen today.  The "date that will live in infamy" has apparently been forgotten by many. 

I have brought it up in the daily question threads more than once. But it has gone over like a lead balloon.

 

[Heisler]

I did a brief mention on my blog. But it appears pretty quiet this year otherwise.

[strawhat]

I forgot that today is the seventh (I work a business day behind, so my head was filled with the reports from the sixth).  I would normally see a notification or two on FB (a couple cousins served in the Navy), but nothing this year...I don't know if that's them not posting or FB deciding I didn't need to see it.

 

I would like to visit the memorial one year.  The in-laws went a few years ago.

[ejala]

TCM was wwii movies all day, for whatever that's worth.

[Glitterwolf]

It was also the reason the USA joined the War against the Axis, A certain Austrian man with a small mustache who ruled Germany at that time, wasn't really pleased with this.

I for one am grateful that the US came to our aid and the Allies liberated us in the end.

[Froggy the Great]

Pearl Harbor, covered minute by minute:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsIk0qF0R1j6ydMvoUBKj_WrnP4PtBlfk

[Mad Jack]

 

 There was a mention of it in the local free paper this week.

 

[malefactus]

It was also Wake Island Day. The Philippines were attacked as well. My Dad had cousins on Wake Island & the Philippines.

[TGP]

An anniversary divisible by 10 is somehow a big deal but an anniversary divisible by 9 — not so much. 
 

8x10=80

9x9=81

 

This year was the 81st. 

[paintybeard]

On 12/8/2022 at 9:52 AM, Glitterwolf said:

It was also the reason the USA joined the War against the Axis, A certain Austrian man with a small mustache who ruled Germany at that time, wasn't really pleased with this.

I for one am grateful that the US came to our aid and the Allies liberated us in the end.

 

Not exactly. Roosevelt declares war only on Japan on 8th. December. Hitler then declares war on USA on 11th. December. It is one of the great "what ifs" what might have happened if he had not done so. There was a strong desire in America (particularly in the high ranks of the military) to deal with Japan before intervening in Europe.

[Glitterwolf]

1 hour ago, paintybeard said:

 

Not exactly. Roosevelt declares war only on Japan on 8th. December. Hitler then declares war on USA on 11th. December. It is one of the great "what ifs" what might have happened if he had not done so. There was a strong desire in America (particularly in the high ranks of the military) to deal with Japan before intervening in Europe.

 

You're correct.

Since Italy, Japan and Hitler's Germany formed the Axxis Alliance it was inevitable that they would be drawn into the conflict.

[paintybeard]

9 minutes ago, Glitterwolf said:

 

You're correct.

Since Italy, Japan and Hitler's Germany formed the Axxis Alliance it was inevitable that they would be drawn into the conflict.

 

I'm not sure it was inevitable, (after all, Japan didn't declare war on USSR,) but I'm utterly thankful that things went the way they did.

 

I recommend Ian Kershaws' "Fateful Choices" to understand how these decisions were made.

[Glitterwolf]

19 hours ago, paintybeard said:

 

I'm not sure it was inevitable, (after all, Japan didn't declare war on USSR,) but I'm utterly thankful that things went the way they did.

 

I recommend Ian Kershaws' "Fateful Choices" to understand how these decisions were made.

9th of August 1945 . Three weeks War between USSR and Japan. Bit if an aftermath thing. 

Thanks for the recommandation, I like History a lot so I will read up on this part.