Thread: Never forget,Dec,7th

What is special about the 7th of December?

December 7, 1941 was the day Japanese forces attacked the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, almost completely destroying US naval presence in the Pacific and drawing the United States into World War II.

Originally Posted by Bruno

What is special about the 7th of December?

Is the day the japanese Bombed pearl Harbor,The beginning of WW11.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Is the day the japanese Bombed pearl Harbor,The beginning of WW11.

I'm not saying you're wrong, as the bombing of Pearl Harbor was the beginning of the war for USA, but what started WWII was Germany's invasion of Poland September 1st 1939.

Anyway, both dates are to be remembered.

Originally Posted by Zephyr

I'm not saying you're wrong, as the bombing of Pearl Harbor was the beginning of the war for USA, but in Europe WWII started September 1th 1939 with Germany's invasion of Poland.

Anyway, both dates are to be remembered.

Very well said. Lest we forget!

i give a tremoundus amount of respect for all americans that lost their lives during the war and on this day, i may make a few wise remarks about the navy (being that im about to enter the army) but i truly have respect for Everone who puts on a uniform for America May you never be forgotten men

It is a day that has lived in infamy

Hi Zephyr,

You are correct in your sentiment. Most Americans don't really remember September 1, 1939. However, all Europeans should be thankful, if in a sadistic way, to the Japanese for bombing us on Dec 7. World War I was not a very popular war; President Wilson ran on a platform of keeping us out of that war and yet we got dragged into it. The good and evil in that war was much less cut and dried than in the next generation's war.

However, that being said, when the Germans did invade Poland, starting World War II in Europe (it had already been raging in China), Americans were still war weary from the first war and still struggling with the Depression. Americans thought it was a European problem. Most of the outside world had no idea that the Holocaust was already in full swing and isolationism was big in the U.S. at the time. Heros such as Charles Lindbergh were advocating us staying out of the war. President Roosevelt was actively collaborating with Winston Churchill in the Battle of the Atlantic, but we were officially neutral and Americans, by and large, wanted nothing to do with the war.

Pearl Harbor changed all of that. Had we been dragged into the war because of some incident in the North Atlantic, the possibility that America's entry would have been half-hearted would have been very high and it's very likely that the Soviet Union would have overrun all of Europe. The Cold War would probably still be on and Europe would be a different place.

The attack on Pearl Harbor changed the world, oddly for the better.

Never forget.

-Mark

Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941 - Photo Gallery - LIFE

December 7, 1941.

Semper Fi, Mac