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Hirohito and Hitler had similar thoughts about the US population. History tends to repeat itself
by frockington1 5y ago
Hirohito and Hitler had similar thoughts about the US population. History tends to repeat itself
- sudosysgen 5y agoNeither Hirohito nor Hitler managed to strike the US mainland.
- dmm 5y agoGenerally true but there were a few small attacks on the mainland. While they didn't produce much damage they did provoke significant responses, particularly the attack on Ellwood which was used to justify the internment of Japanese Americans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Ellwood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Ellwood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu-Go_balloon_bomb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Orleans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Orleans
- RC_ITR 5y agoAmazing how good the US was at covering up the fire bombs sent to the Pacific Northwest, the shelling of the west coast, etc. Not that they were huge casualty incidents, just amazing that most people believe the myth even today. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Theater_(World_War_II) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Theater_(World_War_...
- sudosysgen 5y agoWell, I know about the few incidents. It's just that it wasn't really a strike, it was much moreso for show.
- RC_ITR 5y agoI mean, if Iran or North Korea directly and intentionally caused even a small forest fire today, no one would say its 'just for show,' but yeah I agree with you.
- unchocked 5y agoIt rhymes. They taught Bin Laden how to provoke disproportionate retaliation to his own ends.
- x86_64Ubuntu 5y agoNothing done by Hirohito or Hitler to the mainland US population compares to a sustained loss of power, fuel or communications.