World War II/Awesome: Difference between revisions
Content added Content deleted
Jade Shauni (talk | contribs) |
Jade Shauni (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 338: | Line 338: | ||
** There's a story that claims they were charging so fast through Malaya that they overtook the British, who were retreating. |
** There's a story that claims they were charging so fast through Malaya that they overtook the British, who were retreating. |
||
*** There's another story where a Japanese tank commander (probably Shimada), who led his unit to sneak and roll over the British lines during midnight. This operation was so successful that the unit penetrated six defense lines without being reported back. When the sun rise, the unit get in just in time that the British division command can see Japanese tanks [[Oh Crap| rolling outside their footstep]]! |
*** There's another story where a Japanese tank commander (probably Shimada), who led his unit to sneak and roll over the British lines during midnight. This operation was so successful that the unit penetrated six defense lines without being reported back. When the sun rise, the unit get in just in time that the British division command can see Japanese tanks [[Oh Crap| rolling outside their footstep]]! |
||
** In a [[Your Mileage May Vary]] |
** In a [[Your Mileage May Vary]] way; it's CMOA for Japan, [[Dethroning Moment of Suck|DMoS]] for anyone else involved... |
||
* They built a submarine aircraft carrier. 'Nough said. |
|||
* When it comes the whole defense of Iwo Jima is one of the huge CMOA for the Japanese army. Ordered to defend a miniscule strip of land against an American invasion force that had both numerical and technological superiority (the Japanese had 22,000 troops, the U.S. had 110,000), for over a month, they managed to hold out before being soundly defeated. |
|||
** Only a badass, like Clint Eastwood, could make a movie based on this. |
|||
* General William Rupertus predicted that Peleliu would be taken in 4 days. The Japanese held on to it for 74. |
|||
* From the [[POV]] of the IJN, the REAL CMoA was sinking the British capital ships, ''Repulse'' and ''Prince of Wales''. This proved that the Japanese Navy had "grown up" seeing the British Royal Navy as its mentor, supplier, and superior, to the point that one of the IJN's most cherished keepsakes was a lock of Nelson's hair. Sinking two of the Royal Navy warships finally proved that once and for all that the IJN was, man for man, an equal to ever other international navy. More remarkably, the normally ruthless Japanese Navy made a rare display of gallantry after this victory. The next day after the sinkings (after allowing the survivors to escape), a squadron of Japanese planes flew to the wreckage of the two ships and dropped wreaths of flowers to honor the British dead. |
|||
[...] |
[...] |
||