Except that Frank includes meticulous footnotes on every pointy he makes. Check them out and you will find that he isn't making up anything; the...
I never said Japan wanted a war with the US; of course, they didn't because they knew they were likely to get their butts kicked, but good, if...
Yeah, sure. Neither do I....unless it happens to be true. Actually, that just shows your ignorance3 of the topic. The Ketsu-Go plan could have...
No, it's ridiculous to suggest that the reason for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan was to impress Stalin. Japan was still extremely dangerous...
The complete answer to you question is complicated and goes back to events in 1940, but the simple answer is no, the American oil embargo (and...
Or yours? There were several reasons to believe the Japanese weren't going to surrender in the summer of 1945; The plans for kETSU-GO, for...
The information I have read agrees with this. The only exception is that John Dower claims some of the women employed in the brothels set up for...
I agree. Lindbergh's problem was that he knew a lot more about flying than he did about international finance or politics. My impression was that...
MacArthur changed his views post-war like other people changed their underwear. You can put about as much credence in what MacArthur said as you...
John Dower, in "Embracing Defeat", claims that the Japanese government, at the end of WW II, when it was obvious that Japan would be occupied, set...
Recent scholarship has thrown these claims into question. But without a doubt, a good, well trained pilot in a P-40, could hold his own against...
The Soviets already knew about the atomic bombs before they were dropped. They had spies embedded in the Manhattan project and knew almost as much...
I also disagree. The documentary is as I said earlier "bovine fecal matter" and is only intended to impress people with a sensational presentation...
There is a cottage industry which consists of writing books and articles claiming Roosevelt knew of, and suppressed, prior information about an...
Yes, it was, but not in the way you think. The Japanese were willing to put Manchuria on the table as a bargaining chip, if it would get the...
I'm no fan of Roosevelt and quite agree that he botched the economic aspects of his administration, however, his policies regarding Britain and...
Good explanation, Clint. There was a documentary on one of the education channels a couple of years ago about the war time experiences of...
That's "good" documentary? Sounds more like bovine fecal matter to me. We have unimpeachable documentary evidence that by 1940, Roosevelt was...
I agree. At least 6 million Japanese civilians would have died of starvation alone because of the failure of the Fall, 1945, rice crop. That...
Ok, so the Ranger operated perfectly well in the Atlantic, but became mysteriously "top heavy" the minute it entered the Pacific. You are correct...
