[devicenull]

history channel has been showing a pity-fuck version of Pearl Harbor lately. they get all human-interesty with ex-military guys. the entire thing makes me sick... it was a semi-sneak attack against a stronger enemy's MILITARY asset. i never see this genre of documentary about any of the places that we fire-bombed for the hell of it.


meh, sorry for the derail.. back to studies

[kurohinge1]

The site George Duncan's Lesser Known Facts of the Second World War is full of fascinating gems, that you won't see in the movies, such as these:

TRAGEDY. On August 14, 1937, during the Japanese invasion of China, the Japanese battleship Isuma was tied up at the dock in Shanghai. In an attempt to sink the Isuma, Chinese planes bombed the harbour but mistakenly the bombs hit a crowded department store and other adjacent buildings killing over 1,900 people.

and

THAT WAS NOT THE ENEMY! During the period 1939 to 1942, twenty Blenheim fighter-bombers were shot down through mis-identification by RAF pilots and anti-aircraft fire (Seven were shot down by Hurricanes). This resulted in the deaths of thirty two aircrew with seven others injured. Nineteen other aircraft were damaged by being fired upon by mistake.

and then this

CAUGHT! During a routine inspection of the Japanese merchant vessel Asama Maru on January 21, 1940, in the Indian Ocean, officers of the British cruiser HMS Gloucester discovered twenty-one German civilians on board. All were highly qualified technicians being sent to Japan to service German surface raiders and U-boats soon to be operating in the Pacific area. The technicians were removed and interned as prisoners-of-war but as Britain was not at war with Japan at this time the Asama Maru was allowed to proceed to her destination.

Now, back to your regular viewing ...