# Pearl Harbor day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-day/706553>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 7, 2014, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-day/706553 "2014-12-07T06:48:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-day/706553/1 "2014-12-07T06:48:30Z")

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The allied powers had already been at war with the axis for two years, at 7:55 am, the world forever changed with the attack on Pearl.

The Giant had awoken.

Declan

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**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-day/706553/2 "2014-12-07T23:00:56Z")

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Infamy Day

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-day/706553/3 "2014-12-08T14:34:07Z")

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[QUOTE=Yamamoto Isoroku]  
In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success.  
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He was quite right - six months after Pearl Harbor came the Battle of Midway.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-day/706553/4 "2014-12-08T21:40:05Z")

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It’s OK. After that defeat, Isoroku went on to invent streaming television, and is now living a life of luxury in Guam.

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**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-day/706553/5 "2014-12-08T23:09:11Z")

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> [@MacCat](#):
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> Infamy Day

One of too many. Waaay to f’ing many.

People need to stop this insane madness of war and live in peace.

Peace.

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**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-day/706553/6 "2014-12-09T07:44:08Z")

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Anyone go along with me and think the whole thing was a setup to get us into the war?

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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-day/706553/7 "2014-12-09T12:25:47Z")

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> [@Urbanredneck](#):
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> Anyone go along with me and think the whole thing was a setup to get us into the war?

Only conspiracy theorists and other fools.