Presentations and Week

I thought the presentations were good this week. I didn't realize how outnumbered the U.S. was at the battle. It must have been a big boost to morale knowing that they won such a unfair battle. With this battle and the high amount of loses that the Japanese was facing it must have really infuriated the emperor. Do you think the code of the samuari was the downfall to the Japanese Empire?
Then to know that Nimitz was the yiang to MacArthur's yang explains why they were successful in the Pacific. Its a little weird how he rose to power even though almost 30 people were ahead of him that were more qualified. He was also considered mello, which I found a little odd for a high ranking military man that is suppose to be giving orders. I guess he just didn't fit the normal stereotype.

This week we learned more about the Pacific. I didn't realize that Alaska paid such a vital role in the war. But I found it a little odd that Japan would think that attacking the U.S. then advancing to the midway and Alaska would make us ask for peace. Did they not remember what happened in WWI and how we turned the tide? These miscalculations led to their dismise. I think that if they would have just stayed in the further Pacific and didn't threaten any US territory or its ally that they would have been successful in their expansion of their empire.