Harada.Taro said: You are right... let me recall that a live experience to know the effect of radiations and nuclear blast on tens of thousands innocent civilian people and a politcal move to frightens the soviets. After that you dare to call 7th december 41 a day of infamy... but history is always written by the winners... Click to expand...

Yes, December 7th was a day of Infamy. It brought the United States in to a war of nations that stretched the globe. I also know, from what history and to a later respect hindsight has taught me, is that Japan's decision to bomb the American forces at Pearl Harbor was to occur before a "Declaration of War" that Japan did deliver but after the attack had already started. This soured relations and otherwise perpetuated the "Day of Infamy" slogan that we all know today. But it could also be that even if the 14 part declaration was delivered on time that it would have still be spun as a "Day of Infamy" anyways, as that was more of a propaganda piece to basically motivate people towards the war efforts. Justly so, I have seen the HQ in Hawaii at Pearl Harbor, the buildings that were once strafed by Japanese Zero's and other planes still have the bullet holes imbedded inside them. The USS Arizona still lays at the bottom of the harbor forever entombing the fallen warriors.Japan's surrender on the USS Missouri is what brought our nations full circle from the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Hiroshima and Nagasaki were something different.