Random Pearl Harbor stuff...

This has nothing to do with the island hopping, but i just read an article on the Pearl Harbor attack from the Japanese perspective. Apperantly Japan did not only have airplanes during the attack. There were 5 submarines that were not detected by radar that sunk ships from underneath. Throughout the course of time, four out of the five Imperial subs have been discovered, but one was not! If you look into it, there is a screenshot that you can find( note it will take some time) of the last, missing submarine. I thought it was interesting so if you are bored, look it up. This is one of the subs.

Operation Cartwheel

Operation Cartwheel was an interesting event in the Pacific. I really got a kick out of the way the Americans got around the territory. They only went for their targets. There could have been a huge number of Japanese reinforcements on another island, but if there was not an airstrip, they were ignored. The U.S. had a mission, and did not let anything get in their way. Move to the Philippeans as fast as they possibly could.

Berlin: the end of the war

The war is finally over and the Nazi powers have fallen!! This is just another example that when the U.S. is involved, you can NOT win. During the battle, the Soviets just destroyed Berlin and took over the city very quickly. Personally, i think the heads of the Nazis were pussies. Suicide was just a way out of losing. In other words, they are just a bunch of "Sore Losers" for not fighting the war until the very end.

2X Extra credit WW2 Blog

During the war, my grandfather was a Merchant Marine. His major objective was transportation in Sherman Tanks over to North Africa. He worked with the native merchants for supporting the war effort. These shipment of tanks was a key part in the battles in N. Africa before the Axis Powers were forced to flee back through Italy. It's supprising that we just learned about this in class just a few days ago and my own family was a part of it.

Winter

Yesterday in class, the irony of the worst winters in history were at the same time as the invasions into the Soviet Union. If Hitler would have checked everything during the invasion and calculated all of his advantages, he would have known about the temperatures during that time. But twice during both invasions? To me it sounds like the U.S.S.R even has the weather to prevent the takeover. Hitler needs to think more about his plans or hire someone to make them because he is not doing a very good job.

The Nazis in December

After thinking that the Britians were lucky, i realized that the Nazis were cowards. The weather conditions was probably just an excuse to have some reason not to kill a bunch of Brits. If I was Hitler i would be angry too. The entire country is paying dearly to end the United Kingdom and they didnt have enough courage to go one last time. Think about the Japanese. They were going out knowing that their lifes would end. So they CRASHED!! On purpose!! The Nazis should have gone through with the attack like they were ordered.

The Blitz on Britian

Watching the video in class got me thinking, I know the Nazis had a vendetta against the British, but all the bombings at the same time was a little overboard. The "fire bombs" were a great advantage for the Nazis to mark their targets. I have to say that Hitler took a lot of time into coming up with this plan, for he took into consideration the drought and the winds with his bombings. It was a terrible, catosrtophic event for London, but it was a great attempt to eliminate Britian from the war. Hitler was a smart guy.