Dottie Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 North Korean expansion in East Asia began in earlier today with the invasion of parts of China and continued today with a brutal attack on South Korea. Seeking to curb Japanese aggression and force a withdrawal of Japanese forces from Manchuria and China, the United States imposed economic sanctions on Japan. Faced with severe shortages of oil and other natural resources and driven by the ambition to displace the United States as the dominant Pacific power, Japan decided to attack the United States and British forces in Asia and seize the resources of Southeast Asia. Japan launched a surprise attack on the United States Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. The attack severely damaged the American fleet and prevented, at least for the short term, serious American interference with Japanese military operations. In response, the United States declared war on Japan. Following Germany's declaration of war on the United States, the United States also declared war on Germany. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan achieved a long series of military successes. In December 1941, Guam and Wake Island fell to the Japanese, followed in the first half of 1942 by the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, Hong Kong, Malaya, Singapore, and Burma. Thailand remained officially neutral. Only in mid-1942 were Australian and New Zealander forces in New Guinea and British forces in India able to halt the Japanese advance. The turning point in the Pacific war came with the American naval victory in the Battle of Midway in June 1942. The Japanese fleet sustained heavy losses and was turned back. In August 1942, American forces attacked the Japanese in the Solomon Islands, forcing a costly withdrawal of Japanese forces from the island of Guadalcanal in February 1943. Allied forces slowly gained naval and air supremacy in the Pacific, and moved methodically from island to island, conquering them and often sustaining significant casualties. The Japanese, however, successfully defended their positions on the Chinese mainland until 1945. Late in 1944, American forces liberated the Philippines and began massive air attacks on Japan. British forces recaptured Burma. In early 1945, American forces suffered heavy losses during the invasions of Iwo Jima (February) and Okinawa (April), an island of strategic importance off the coast of the Japanese home islands. Despite these casualties and suicidal Japanese air attacks, known as Kamikaze attacks, American forces conquered Okinawa in mid-June 1945. On August 6, 1945, the United States Air Force dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Tens of thousands of people died in the initial explosion, and many more died later from radiation exposure. Three days later, the United States dropped a bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. Approximately 120,000 civilians died as a result of the two blasts. On August 8, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan and invaded Japanese-occupied Manchuria. After Japan agreed to surrender on August 14, 1945, American forces began to occupy Japan. Japan formally surrendered to the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union on September 2, 1945. Because this is my POST!!!! Yes my 5000th post And time to celebrate for no reason what so ever! So the Spam Dumpster is open once again So dump the biggest load of you can and clean your sh*t up on the way out. Here's a tissue for that I have not compiled a respect list but I respect everyone who hasen't gone full retard because Well my big ass rant of nonsense is done here. all i have to say now is Which is apparently what i do except when I dont Shaundi., gbrown100, Killzone3265 and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavierr Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) I was actually worried for a second was about to be all like "why would Japan attack the US? Edited September 17, 2014 by Xavierr DeafMetal, IveGotNoValues and gbrown100 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienTwo Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Congrats, chatterbox. http://i516.photobucket.com/albums/u330/AlienTwo/GTA/PMBO/PBMO%20Porch%20Sig_2_zpsz7irpplx.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
universetwisters Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Goddamnit you nearly made me choke on my peanuts. Congrats though! Onett 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeafMetal Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 10/10 was about to Google News "nuke" but read "Pearl Harbor" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IveGotNoValues Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Congrats! You had me scared for a second man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottie Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 I was going to change all the countries in a WWII article. but I was thinking that changing the first 2 sentences was good enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningLord Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Haha! Nice one! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTA_stu Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I know not with what weapons world war 69 will be fought with, but world war 70 will be fought with mops and disinfectant. - Albert Einstein. Detective Phelps, IveGotNoValues, LightningLord and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GN 92 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) Tl dr Really, i did not read but as i passed by your post i saw some different colours and thats nice. Congrats. Edited September 17, 2014 by BOSS 302 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacymist Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Cornratelation! Is time for celebrat! DeafMetal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zello Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) Got me worried there for a sec I really took that North Korea part seriously then I was like Edited September 17, 2014 by Zello Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuackinAColdOne Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 This is amazing! I hope your swallowed babies are proud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddyoung Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Well I must say I was a bit confused when you said World War 69, cause that means we skipped the other 67... But then I was all like ohhh wow, Congratualtions!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killerdude Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I thought this was related to the celeb nudes thing, Boy was I disappointed when I clicked this thread, Congratz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Yeah dude wheres the f*ckin tits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graven Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Congrats on your 5000! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottie Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) I thought this was related to the celeb nudes thing, Boy was I disappointed when I clicked this thread, Congratz! Mods bumped the number from 3 to 69 Harley Today, 03:57 AM Yeah dude wheres the f*ckin tits This is all you get for free Edited September 17, 2014 by Winning001 LightningLord and Killerdude 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 5K in your first year? Congrats? Killerdude, LightningLord and Moonshield 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 This was one interesting thread, congrats though I find it weird that I've never run into you despite the amount of posts in the past year. Here's to 10,000?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coin Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Spamulations. DeafMetal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzknuckles Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 This is my purse. I don't know you. Signatures are dumb anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
na89340qv0n34b09q340 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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