Also must see (even though more from a USA perspective)Victory At Sea - my dad went into the USN in 1939, was at Pearl Harbor and was right in the thick of it all the way to the end. He gave the series a big OK.
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6ausVC2NhAo
we did the theme music in High School band - very stirring!
(uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6ausVC2NhAo
we did the theme music in High School band - very stirring!
tubaman,
Wed 24 Dec 2008, 0:26,
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The Japanese roused a 'sleeping giant'Some of your dad's admirals were awesome, defeating the Japanese was no easy task; thank fuck they failed to see the importance of recycling their pilot's expertise through training
it more or less lost them the war
with a few other factors
(it more or less lost them the war
with a few other factors
Jahled Three shades of black,
Wed 24 Dec 2008, 0:45,
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there was a lot of luck (and a few good leaders to over-rule the dead weight at the top)and having un-bombed manufacturing sites for ships, tanks and all the rest, plus lots of oil... could have been a lot worse if Japan or Germany could have made effective strikes on the US.
( tubaman,
Wed 24 Dec 2008, 0:55,
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