>    There were revisionist "academics" a few years ago who said WWII was all
> America's fault, that we imposed sanction of scrap iron, oil, etc on Japan
> and "forced" them into the war.
>    Apparently they neglected to learn about Japan's invasion of China
> (1931), Manchuria (1937), SE Asia, etc which we were trying to contain while
> remaining neutral.

It is a shame that people do not learn much about history any more... or
maybe it is what they are "learning" about it that is the shame.  I have
heard it said that WWII didn't really start with the German invasion of
Poland in 1939, but instead with the Japanese attack on Shanghai in August,
1937, at the start of the second China-Japan war.

>    If Japan hadn't attacked Pearl Harbour it might of been another year or
> two before we finally did enter the war, on England's side, if it hadn't
> been conquered by the Axis first.

Agreed.  From everything I have learned about it, Japan did not think they
could win a war with the US.  They hoped that, by hitting Pearl Harbour
fast and hard, they could convince us to stay out of it.  Boy did they mess
up.

Mike


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