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END GAME IN THE PACIFIC IV Late on the night of August 12, 1945, Major Hatanaka, along with Lieutenant Colonels Ida, Take####a (Anami's brother-in-law), and Masao, and Colonel Arao, the Chief of the Military Affairs Section, spoke to War Minister General Anami (the army minister and "most...

Not quite.

THE END GAME IN THE PACIFIC III During the month of July, Japanese radio communications had been monitoring the extensive Soviet buildup of forces in Manchuria, as Stalin transferred hundreds of thousands of troops which had been involved in the German front. Unknown to the Japanese, Stalin...

I have been with FBGs since before it was FBGs. But the time has come to take my leave. As I was in the process of completing the Pacific War in the WW2 thread, I was suddenly and unexpectedly banned. I have always said that Joe and his people have every right to ban anyone they wish for...

THE END GAME IN THE PACIFIC II With the rejection of the Potsdam Declaration by the Japanese, and the accompanying Japanese Government statement that "We will do nothing but press on to the bitter end to bring about a successful completion of the war.", the Allies were left with three main...

THE END GAME IN THE PACIFIC On May 8, 1945, Germany surrendered. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US had decided that the first strategic priority was to defeat Germany. Now they turned to the second; obtain an unconditional surrender of Japan, as they had from Germany. Whether this was...

Denver went 2-8 over the last 10 games. Hmmmm...

It's all part of the game, and the Competition Committee are fools if they take this one on.

Yes. The only thing that ends up justifying it, is to be successful.But so is civil disobedience illegal. In the latter case, those who commit it are seeking to overturn, through illegal action, something that they consider to be unjust.

The concept of the nation state is a relatively new one. Prior to that, you had kingdoms and empires, and they were established by force of conquest. The nation state is essentially a geopolitical entity, usually united by culture, language. ethnic background or history. In the Declaration of...

The point you were making is correct. I was just having a little fun with the exaggeration. :thumbup:

BZZZZZTTT! Hans... Care to go for Double Jeopardy where the points can really mount up? John Adams (2) and John Quincy Adams (6) were from Massachussets. Andrew Jackson (7) was from North Carolina, or SC, as his origin was in the general area. Martin Van Buren (8) was from NY.

It didn't affect the mindset; it affected the political calculation. The expansion westward would bring in many more free states, and they would eventually have enough votes to impose their will, and free the slaves. The handwriting was on the wall.

Bruce Catton is also excellent. The Coming Fury, Terrible Swift Sword, and Never Call Retreat are his three volumes on the Civil War. He also wrote about Grant, the Army of the Potomac, and the windup of the war in A Stillness at Appomattox.

Well, you certainly picked and chose what you would quote from what I said. But if you had quoted the full post, you will see that it was not the reason the average soldier believed he was going to war.