Duck1987 said:
For the love of (enter supernatural being of choice), it was a friggin' joke!
Did any of you get through the "Tibbles eating the Kaiser's brain" story and still think I was being serious?
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For the love of (enter supernatural being of choice), it was a friggin' joke!
Did any of you get through the "Tibbles eating the Kaiser's brain" story and still think I was being serious?
Hortlund said:
FOR once did the japanese managed to hinder the american advance without suffering any casualites
the japanese mistakes in ww2:
-japanese cruiser mikuma sank 4 friendly transports by friendly fire in Dec1941 LOL
-during the Makin raid the Japanese lost 350 men to the 40 US marines dead. LOL
-the first "ship" taht was sunk in the PH attack was... a japanese midget submarine LOL
-the ONLY japanese submarine that EVER sank a US submarine was I-176 that sank USS Corvina( a US submarine). whereas the US submarines sank a great deal of the japanese submarines LOL
-the japanese submarine I-169 failed to secure one of its torpedo doors during the US raid on turk (just a technical problem, can happen to any1)
-the US rangers lost only 2 men while liberating a POW camp in the Philippines
while killing about 500 japanese, (just watch the movie "the great raid") LOL a 2:500 kill ratio
-the only amphibious assault that ever failed in ww2 was the 1st japanese attempt to conquer Wake Island. they lost 2 destoyers, 800 men, thile the US lost 100 men. 1:8 kill ratio LOL
-the japanese lost 130 subs in the pacific, the US lost 52. LOL
-the motto of the japanese kamikazis was "1 plane 1 ship. however out of 1228 kamikazis only 34 US ships were sunk to the kamikazis LOL
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now u see how lucky the americans were
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now come the reasons why the japanese lost the war in 1942, when in fact they were stronger than thr allies, concerning the naval power ofcourse
-the japanese failed to grasp the importance of submarines as an effective convoy-raidng weapon
-the japaense didnt develop any effective anti-submarine techniques, and paid dearly for that
-the japanese lost 3 of their carriers at midway in 5 minutes, while refueling LOL, luck
-japanese didnt develop an effective anti-aircraft defense. B-29s lost only 1% of their crews in the whole war, mostly due to the technical difficulties. LOL
-japanese werent smart enough to sabotage their only bulldozer at their half- finished airfield in guadalcanal be4 retreating. this bulldozer was effectivelly used by the ameircans to repair Henderson airfield , after it got blasted away by the jap BBs every time. LOL
-japanese didnt have radars in their navy untill late 1944 LOL
-right after winning the battle of the Savo Sea, admiral Mikawa could have destroyed practically all of the unprotected US transports off Guadalcanal, hence destroying the american invasion of Guadalcanal. LOL luck again + plus japanese stupidity
-overall the japanese tactics of "banzai charge" actually helped the americans. its better to blast off at the japs who are atacking with swords and bolt action rifles(which suck) instead of digging them out of their holes using dynamite
-japanese were using ww2 weapons. they have never developed an anti-tank weapon, and have never repulsed a US invasion
-at the Midway Battle, one of the japanese scout planes actually flew over the US CV fleet, but somehow didnt see it. whereas the americans were expecting a jap air attack in the next few hours LOL stupid japs + luck again
-next at the battle of eastern solomons, a japanese carrier Ryujo was sunk while refueling its planes in sept 1942 i think LOL
-the Japanese could have finished off the last (active) US carrier in the Pacific at that time-Enterprise. it was weakened by the 1st jap airstrike, when the 2nd strike was launched to finish it off the attacking planes got lost and changed the course too fast. enterprise was repaired in a couple of weeks LOL
-the japanese werent smart enough to develop the more effective aircraft in the war, as a result the kill ratio was 1:11 in the US favor of course.(from 1943 and on) LOL
-and finally up untill the end of the war the japanese were convinced that their naval and army codes couldnt be broken LOL
as u can all see the numerical superiority of the americans wasnt such a decisive factor. the japanese couldnt fight with their ships, with their infantry, and with their planes
-japanese cruiser mikuma sank 4 friendly transports by friendly fire in Dec1941 LOL
-during the Makin raid the Japanese lost 350 men to the 40 US marines dead. LOL
-the first "ship" taht was sunk in the PH attack was... a japanese midget submarine LOL
-the ONLY japanese submarine that EVER sank a US submarine was I-176 that sank USS Corvina( a US submarine). whereas the US submarines sank a great deal of the japanese submarines LOL
-the japanese submarine I-169 failed to secure one of its torpedo doors during the US raid on turk (just a technical problem, can happen to any1)
-the US rangers lost only 2 men while liberating a POW camp in the Philippines
while killing about 500 japanese, (just watch the movie "the great raid") LOL a 2:500 kill ratio
-the only amphibious assault that ever failed in ww2 was the 1st japanese attempt to conquer Wake Island. they lost 2 destoyers, 800 men, thile the US lost 100 men. 1:8 kill ratio LOL
-the japanese lost 130 subs in the pacific, the US lost 52. LOL
-the motto of the japanese kamikazis was "1 plane 1 ship. however out of 1228 kamikazis only 34 US ships were sunk to the kamikazis LOL
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now u see how lucky the americans were
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now come the reasons why the japanese lost the war in 1942, when in fact they were stronger than thr allies, concerning the naval power ofcourse
-the japanese failed to grasp the importance of submarines as an effective convoy-raidng weapon
-the japaense didnt develop any effective anti-submarine techniques, and paid dearly for that
-the japanese lost 3 of their carriers at midway in 5 minutes, while refueling LOL, luck
-japanese didnt develop an effective anti-aircraft defense. B-29s lost only 1% of their crews in the whole war, mostly due to the technical difficulties. LOL
-japanese werent smart enough to sabotage their only bulldozer at their half- finished airfield in guadalcanal be4 retreating. this bulldozer was effectivelly used by the ameircans to repair Henderson airfield , after it got blasted away by the jap BBs every time. LOL
-japanese didnt have radars in their navy untill late 1944 LOL
-right after winning the battle of the Savo Sea, admiral Mikawa could have destroyed practically all of the unprotected US transports off Guadalcanal, hence destroying the american invasion of Guadalcanal. LOL luck again + plus japanese stupidity
-overall the japanese tactics of "banzai charge" actually helped the americans. its better to blast off at the japs who are atacking with swords and bolt action rifles(which suck) instead of digging them out of their holes using dynamite
-japanese were using ww2 weapons. they have never developed an anti-tank weapon, and have never repulsed a US invasion
-at the Midway Battle, one of the japanese scout planes actually flew over the US CV fleet, but somehow didnt see it. whereas the americans were expecting a jap air attack in the next few hours LOL stupid japs + luck again
-next at the battle of eastern solomons, a japanese carrier Ryujo was sunk while refueling its planes in sept 1942 i think LOL
-the Japanese could have finished off the last (active) US carrier in the Pacific at that time-Enterprise. it was weakened by the 1st jap airstrike, when the 2nd strike was launched to finish it off the attacking planes got lost and changed the course too fast. enterprise was repaired in a couple of weeks LOL
-the japanese werent smart enough to develop the more effective aircraft in the war, as a result the kill ratio was 1:11 in the US favor of course.(from 1943 and on) LOL
-and finally up untill the end of the war the japanese were convinced that their naval and army codes couldnt be broken LOL
as u can all see the numerical superiority of the americans wasnt such a decisive factor. the japanese couldnt fight with their ships, with their infantry, and with their planes
The Japanese didn't even have mass production and didn't go into a state of total war.
Kiwi Greg said:
Yep, a good source on that is the book "Hitler's Foreign SS Divisions".
SS was an attempt to create a European, NOT German, army. So why name a book about SS having foreigners in their organizationDadaanian said:
scubasteve1233 said:
According to the info I found, U-120 had no casualties whatsoever during the whole war until being scuttled with the rest of the Kriegsmarine in 1945. I think this one can safely be discarded as urban myth.
Lord of Pain said:
The distinct racial differences between the asian races are even more pronounced then the differences between the Caucasian races. It is a western misconception that asians all look the same just as its an asian misonception that caucasians all look alike.
For your own good I would suggest you never tell a Korean or a Chinese that they look like a Japanese...you are likely to get attacked.
P.S I am caucasian but have dated Chinese and Koreans and they look nothing alike...
Considering that an overwhelming majority of Americans prefer to refer to Chinese and Japanese as "Asians", I wouldn't be surprised if the guy who predended like he didn't know a difference between the two was actually telling the truth.
Exactly. But somehow Americans insist on differentiating between "Taiwanese" and Chinese.kami888 said:
kami888 said:well do you differentiate between "Austirans" and Germans?
I don't differentiate between Hessians and Thuringians.
kami888 said:
Sigh....
Thistletooth said:
How can this be taken as anything other than a silly (if apparently mistaken) joke?
mib said:Exactly. But somehow Americans insist on differentiating between "Taiwanese" and Chinese.
Well, politically, they're very different. One China is quite small and relatively benign, whereas the other is big and scary. The little one doesn't want to be a part of the big one, but the big one wants to eat the little one. They're different enough.
kami888 said:well do you differentiate between "Austirans" and Germans?
I do as well. Austrians were basically "Germans" from the dawn of Germanity until 1871, then again from 1938-1945. But now they don't seem to want to be Germans anymore, proud not to be German; and for their part, the Germans seem content to not be too closely associate with the Austrians. If they don't see themselves as German, that's enough for me.
mib said:I don't differentiate between Hessians and Thuringians.
And I don't differentiate between Yunan...ers and Shaanxi...ites. I'm not even sure if they do.
Finnish pilot Eino Ilmari Juutilainen's plane was never hit by enemy aircraft fire. He flew 437 combat missions during Winter and Continuation war. He scored 94 confirmed air victories. (Once he was nearly shot down as his oil tank was holed by the enemy AA.)
http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/juuti/juuti1.htm
http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/juuti/juuti1.htm
Ooooh, things get heated when the Chinese Threat Theory (tm) gets mentioned... better not go there.Thistletooth said:
Yunnan is to Shaanxi as Yunnan is to Taiwan...Thistletooth said:
Looking at a map of the REPUBLIC OF CHINA (the above-mentioned, small and relatively benign one), it is quite apparent... Yunnan Province and Taiwan Province.
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