I'm handing out some free red pills on this "infamous" 80th anniversary:
-FDR was informed about the attack on Pearl Harbor well in advance but just let it happen because he was in bed with Stalin, and he'd let his whole state apparatus get infested with hordes of commie roaches. Conveniently, all the most important assets like aircraft carriers were off on a training exercise that day. He repeatedly snubbed requests from Japanese diplomats for a meeting in the preceding days.
-Japan definitely overplayed their hand, it must be said. Who knows what political landscape we'd be living in if they'd simply declared an end to their imperial ambitions and settled for the territories they held at the time.
-The atomic bombs had basically nothing to do with Japan's surrender years later. The US had already razed 58 large cities with plain old fire over the summer of '45. What difference would razing 2 more cities with special fire that also causes cancer make in that situation? Japan surrendered because Stalin declared war and threatened their western border while they were entirely deployed in the south and east. All they were hoping for was something better than an unconditional surrender. Good thing they sided with US.
-WWII was nothing like the comfy morality tale they sell normies in high school.
-At least we got anime, which is now one of the last remaining beacons of western civilization.
Edit: I'm glad this generated some friction. My mind isn't changed, but my thanks to everyone who brought differing opinions.
I would have tried harder if there was any substantive refutation. All I see is "nuh-uh. You stupid."
Even many leftists agree that the "bomb scary" story was merely the least embarrassing for both parties. It's a simple Google search away. And even I will concede that it might have been necessary at the time.
I believe there's a rather pessimistic adage regarding invading Russia in the winter that goes back at least a few years before WWII, so I'm uninclined to believe that was what compelled Franky in his heart of hearts to once again violate the Monroe doctrine.
You must have missed my first comment, because I pointed out quite a few things that you conveniently left out.
The irony is that I don't even disagree with you that much. You want to create moral ambiguity by saying that the Allies were also bad. I don't believe World War II was fought for 'morality', but for reasons of security. It just so happens that the less bad side won. But you're just plain wrong on the facts.
Are you really doing the "GOOGLE IT YOURSELF, SHITLORD"?
22 June is literally the start of summer, not winter. And by all accounts, everyone from Halder to Stalin to Roosevelt thought that the collapse of the USSR was imminent. Stalin even later admitted that the USSR would not have survived without American aid.
What do you think the Monroe doctrine is?
OP is the definition of a midwit. Dude knows just enough to think he knows something, but doesn't actually understand it.
What about going to war with Japan violates a doctrine about preventing further colonization in the western Hampshire? Doesn't preventing the Japanese empire from conquering more land uphold the Monroe Doctrine if you extend it to the entire world?
I assume he normally goes off about the Monroe Doctrine to other people who don't know what it is, who nod respectfully towards him.