blackaeronaut Wrote:The mistake was, in part, Germany's. They talked Japan into the attack because the US was supplying Great Britain - they weren't counting on the fact that once the US Industrial Machine kicked into high gear that it could easily overwhelm everyone.I had a history professor in college that described it rather succinctly, beginning with the fact that Germany declared war on America the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. His words (best delivered in his British public school accent): "Imagine a giant can of whoop-ass with an American flag on the side of it. Hitler walked up to it, and said, 'That's it. That's the one. Open it up!'"
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