But it wasn’t close enough to Asia, and like I explained in the previous post, we were trying to put the pressure on Japan. Easy access to the mainland for supplies, lots of room to move around, deep water, highly defensible. The fleet was originally based out of San Diego, which was a prime location, really. Obviously, all of this started with the Pacific Fleet being relocated to Pearl in the first place. Since I explained the historical and political background on the Japanese side, it’s about time I segued into the actual event. It could almost be a comedy of errors on the American end, if it weren’t for the fact that people got killed.
As I love to say in every post, like all historical events, it’s actually a lot more complicated than “Japan walked up and punched Hawaii in the face”.
No, not the movie, although that was a travesty in its own right. I had to wrap up my finals, and then I got hit with some weird combination of PMS and seasonal depression that’s making me want to go into hibernation.
*stumbles in three days late with coffee* Whoops, sorry, time got away from me.