Pearl Harbor was a Massive Victory for the Japan (And Their Doom)
Instead of causing the United States to retreat and allow Japan unfettered rampage throughout Asia and the Pacific, as Tojo predicted, the exact opposite happened.
Here s What You Need To Remember: On December 6th, there was an influential anti-war movement in the United States, composed of isolationists who did not want to be involved in the European or Asian conflicts. On December 8th, it had evaporated.
It was, as the phrase goes, another perfect day in paradise. As the sun rose above the Pacific in the clear, cloudless sky east of the Hawaiian Islands, on December 7, 1941, the giant U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, on the island of Oahu, was just beginning to stir.
Iran Has Top-Notch Submarines Now (Thanks, North Korea)
The limited range of Iran’s diesel-electric submarines is irrelevant in the restrictive and shallow confines of the Gulf, while their near-undetectability mine-laying capability makes them ideal candidates for patrol and ambush operations against hostile surface vessels.
Here s What You Need To Remember: Rather than investing heavily in a few larger submarines whose effectiveness would be hampered by the conditions of the Persian Gulf, Iran has dozens of stealthy midget submarines with torpedoes and minelaying capacity. U.S. naval forces beware.
Tensions
continue to mount between Washington and Iran, with every week bringing forth a new round of diplomatic threats and accusations.
History Questions: Why Did So Many Generals Survive World War II?
Nearly 1,100 U.S. Army generals served at some point during World War II, and of those about 40 died during or immediately following the war.
Here s What You Need To Remember: Most of the generals who died during the Second World War were executed by their nation s leader for incompetence.
General George S. Patton, Jr., once said, “An army is like a piece of cooked spaghetti. You can’t push it, you have to pull it after you.” He was referring to commanders being leaders as he had little use for commanders that were not out in front of their units. This attitude was the norm in the U.S. military in World War II, and the amazement is not that a few dozen general officers were lost, but that U.S. armed forces did not lose more!
Dead Battleships: In 1940, the British Preemptively Sunk the French Navy
Most of the remaining French Fleet had been scuttled at Toulon on November 27, 1942, following the Allied invasion of North Africa, to prevent its seizure by Germany after the Nazi takeover of Vichy France.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The Mers-el-Kebir attack was, of course, received poorly in Vichy, and it led to lingering tensions between the British and the Free French, who, Vichy or otherwise, were the countrymen of the sailors that it had attacked. But the raid also communicated loud and clear to Berlin that Britain, which had appeared to teeter, wasn t out of the war yet.
Battle of the Somme During World War I: 1,200,000 Dead
The Battle of the Somme, fought July 1 through November 1, 1916, resulted in more than 1.2 million men killed, wounded, or captured.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The British advance was preceded by a massive artillery barrage; British troops were told that there would be little fighting, as most of the Germans would simply be dead. Of course, this wasn t true.
In February 1916, Allied military leaders met at Chantilly, in the Picardy region of France to discuss grand strategy as World War I entered its second full year. British and French commanders agreed to undertake a joint offensive against the Germans in the West, and the area of the Somme River in northern France was chosen.