Wrong, you are attempting to put words in my mouth to make your case stronger. I said it was entirely conceivable that the Japanese could lose...
Your reasoning is flawed. Historically, by mid-1942, the Japanese Navy was stretched so thin in the Pacific that it could not afford to mount...
Sorry, I apologize for the confusion. It's almost unavoidable when so many people are posting contradictory opinions all on the same topic So...
So what? Doesn't have anything to do with anything I was discussing on this thread.
No, I mean an overheated goose must be a ghastly thing to deal with, LOL!
Well, if you don't recognize American sarcasm when you read it, I'll be damned if I try to explain it....ruins the joke. I actually liked Benny...
Must be some sort of Chinese proverb....but I think we can all agree, there's nothing worse than having your goose overheat.
Good rant, but it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that the Soviets choose not to offer any ideological justification for their...
The Midway operation was most definitely NOT the IJA's option; The IJA wanted nothing to do with naval operations in the Pacific, either at Midway...
I loved the story about the future Japanese sub skipper tripping and getting cactus spines in his butt, I had read of it before, but don't know if...
Man, I'm sure glad I'm no longer a prisoner in High School. I remember getting into it pretty hot and heavy with some of the ideologues among the...
Benny Hill, The Dean of reserved English comedy, and master of dry English wit.
Yes, fortunately! But what I meant was that in reality, circumstances allowed Stalin to be far more lethal than Hitler ever managed to be. Maybe...
The term "big deal" is an American vernacular phrase denoting something significant, or in some way more of more importance than other possible...
Well, that was exactly what Nagumo did; he could have launched a reduced, but still powerful strike, as soon as he became aware of the presence of...
Pretty much yes, to all your questions. The IJN had already gotten approval from the IGHQ staff for the Midway operation about a week before the...
Oh? Just how do you define a "full-strength Japanese major base"? I guess Kwajalein, Maloelap, Wotje, Jaluit, Mili, Makin, Rabaul, Wake, Marcus,...
