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WAR WARS : WARSAround # Around the World WarId WorldGermany W Worldw WorldGermany arId w . , Germany Oennl1ny and Italy wen were onl only onlyfour onlytour ; V four tour ( our day days behind behlnd Japan In declar declarinar declaring d clarIng inar ing war on the United State States * but butWashington butWashington buWashiniton Washington was even alter faster { In ita Its itareply Itsreply Itreply reply to th the Berlin Horn Rome * challengethan cballenge challenge cballengethan challengethan than to that given Tokyo TokyoFor TokyoFor For on the very same ame day within withina withlia -i i - a fiw few hours after Hitler and Mu.uo- Mu.uo Musso- Musso Mu.uo11111 Mussolini Mussollnl . - . - 11111 lini had announced their nation nations * at al atwar alwar awar war with the United State States * congre congress congressheard congressheard iheard heard the President i s a new war mes men mensage meaaag mesaOle aOle sage and passed-without passed without paised - without a diaaent- diaaent dissent diaaentwar dissentIng - . war lag vot-tormal vot tormal vote-formal vote formal vot & - - formal recognition that a a.tate astate i .tate tate state . tat * of war ed.ted edted existed existedCongress existedCongress . Conere Congress . followed thi thla this * declaratiox declaration declarationof I of i war with a swift and unanlmoulvot unanimous unanimousvote unanimousvote vote * authorizing authorJ.zinar authorJzinar . selectees andhe and \he he the heI heNational theNational \ thiNational I National Guard to be b aent sent ent anywhere anywhereIn in the world and likawls likewise * ui4mdlnar extending ui4mdlnartheir extendingtheir ext ndlnith their lr t terms rma of service for thiwar the thewar thewar war a s duration . . When the th * formalizes formaliea tormall ] , Jell were wer over 9V over overand iand ' and the th United State States * found ItjrU luell itself at atwar atwar atwar war It Et meant the th real beginning of ofthe ofthe oithe the econd .econd second . World war of at th thTwentieth the theTwentieth theTwentieth Twentieth century for the conflictbaa con1lict conflict con1lictbaa conflicthas baa has now ipread spread to six lx continent continents * of ofthe ofthe oth ( the globeDisaster globe globeDisaster D Disaster Dsaster saster FirstThe First FirstThi T The Thi e war with Japan which hadcompleted had hadcompleted hadcompleted completed th the missing parta parts of ot a atrue atrue atrue true World war started on a note not * of ofdisaster ofdisaster ofdisaster disaster at leaFollowing seaFollowing sea lea seaFollowing Following her age-old age old - - technic ofwar 01 of 01war ofwar war th the Japanese had struck .truck truck . vlciously vi viciously viclouely ciously clouely and with fore torce force * atIIx atsix at six IIx major majorpoints majorpoints majorpoint points * of ot American tenure in the Pa Paeldc Patide Pacine eldc tide whili while her envoys envoy . of peace p ace werestill werestill were weretill still till In communication with the theAmerican theAmerican tb tbAmTlcan AmTlcan American state department departmentH departmentHer departmentHer H Her r aniwer answer to President Roose Roose- Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt - - velt a . last minut minute * plea for peace peac in inthe inthe inth the Pacific Paci Paclfll had keen been to swoop down downout downout downout out of leaden skies on a Sabbath Sabbathdawn Sabbathdawn Sabbathdawn dawn and deal death dE-6th dE 6th - and destructloa destruc destructlon destruction tlon tion to r Pearl arl Harbor th the UnitedStates United UnitedStates UnitedStates States * ' mid Paciflc Pacific strongholdThe strongholdThe stronghold strongholdTai Tai The government .governmeut governmeut . de declined llned to give givetun givefull givrull tun full details detaill of what happened otherthan otherthan other than to lay say that the casualties were " killed and about thsam the theaame thesame largai- largai largai00 larle-l larle l large-l large - - ! 500 00 aame same * aumbcr humber number wounded and the thedamage thedamage thdamage damage was extensive thougu though thouguU thoughee fQ g ee Y tl tlRear U near Rear ar Aflaalral Admiral Ia Isaao Isaac CaanikellKljfl OampbelJ Campbell OampbelJIDd4 CampbellSUdd IDd4 SUdd , . commander MB ter 01 of f a . kattleskip battlelhlp battleship battleshipof 01 of f tbe the ( ft * PaoUk Paclflo ra ) l Beet fleet fl et waa wan was the tk * fint first rst hleh high hlehraDklDa highranking kickraaXIxg raDklDa ranking ' oftloer officer leer 01 of f Ur the pa iiary navy vy to ( be bereported bereported kerr reported * rt * ktlleal IdUe4 killed ID In ! aotlon actin tl durlna- durlna during durlnathe urine - the theJapaneae theJapanese theJaawea Japaneae Japanese * attack aUaok attaok on Pearl H " "arbor arbor Harbor Harbordefinite r r rdefinite definite del1nlte losses consisted of ot one batfleshly bat battleabip battleshlp tleabip tleshlp capsized and a destroyer destroyeraent destroyersent destroyersent aent sent to t * the th * bottomPre.Ident bottomPresident bottom bottomPresident President Pre.Ident PreIdent . Roosevelt went to the thenaUon thenation thenation naUon nation with an address addresa in which heexplained be he beexplained heexplained explained that th the government hadbeen had hadbeen hadbeen been unwilling unwi11Jng to giv give out all aU the thedetail thedetails thedetails detail details . until unW it was wu sure sur * that the Jap- Jap Japanese Jap.anes Japanes - . anese aneae * knew lcn w them hinting that to todo todo todo do so would aid and comfort theenemy theenemyThis the theenemy theenemy enemy enemyThis This did not minimize mlnimlze fcan tears fears that thatI thatthe thatthe thatthe I the disaster db.ter dbter . . at Pearl Harbor was a aI amajor amajor amajor major oneAt oneAt one oneI I I At the same time Ur the Japaneselaunched Japanese Japaneselaunched Japaneselaunched launched a strong attack on thePhilippines the thePhilippines thePhilippines Philippines also on the British InI InMalaya in I | Malaya and in the th * waters arOWld around arOWldSingapore aroundSingapore aroundSingapore Singapore The Th Japanese were ap apparenUy apparentiy upparently parenUy parentiy super confident and reck\tss reck tss reck reek reckItss reekless \ Itss less of their deployment of ot fleet fieet and andI andairplanes andairplanes ndairplanes ndairplanesIn I airplanes airplanesIn In one 48 < hour period followli followh g the- the thewar thewar thewar - war s II beginning the U S announced announcedthe announcedthe announcedthe the a II liking l\klng l klng eking \ ol 01 of a Japanese battleshipthe battleship battleshipthe the serious crippling of another HI 81 ax dthe d dthe dthe the s r rking king of one cruiser and one onedestroyer onedestroyer onedestroyer destroyer This was the flrst first Amer Amerlea AmerIca Amcrlea lea Ica s i 1 a iswer 1swer sswer to the Pearl Ha Barb H rb r rsurpflSC rsurprise rsurprise surpflSC surprise blow A report also fromManila from fromManila fromManila Manila indicated that in the flnt first firstIi firsts | i Ii s rface dace clash between the two De-ets De ets fleets DeetsH fleetsU fleetsU - H U e a Japanese were forced to flee fleeUI fleeus fleeui UI us Icr i"r ir " thecover the the- - cover t f darkness and th s sb.ttle sbyittie sb-mie sb mie b.ttle bttle byittie - . e a ded with ut result resultHut resultBut Hut But the main mam reaction w was s a dc- dc de- de dcs deS deI des de- de - - - I , s re to hear of a victt vicic victiry ry however howeveri howeverr r n 11 u or Also the people were anx anxl anxI I 1 s to receive news of action on the theport thepart theport port part of American arms armsYet armsI armsYet armsYet Yet there was \ as much of this In thebackground tht the thebackground > I background backgroundof of events and nd many manytall manytalcs manytalis tall talcs s of o ( heroism and American suc sue success suecess suecess cess came from the Man 'a a to ' battle- battle battlefield battlefield battle-field battle field - - field There were those observerswho observerl observers observerlwho observerswho who saw in fen the tact fact that the Jap Jap- - Japanese JapIInese Japanese - anese IInese did not immediately follow up upthe upthe upthe the attaLk attatk attack on Pearillarhor Pearl Harbor evidence evidencethat evidencethat evidencethat that punitive work on the ( ' part 'art art of the theUnlted theUnited theUnited Unlted United States navy had been prompt vrompt vrompt.od promptand .od od and . nd devastating vromptI I ' ) , Netv New Nero Fever.a Fever .a a - . Evidence that th the r'Mlflt.t rMlflt.t rMlfltt P.C1 PC1 P ' . clltcs .aEvidence j , ; J . cSk c cst cJ cJst " \st st \ stcould st stcould ' could not consider eonstder itsel4a ! : , ' ' " ' ' " " 'U U 'Utrom ' V Vfrom from trom kffnland air raid raids * , and tJ tiilt tal { . kffn- kffn t : - - land points or the th Atta Atla Atlar d < ! ft(4t ft4t ft(4tmight ( st stmight , might be attacked att.cked attcked . tse1f:11 tse1f11 tse1f:11'U wax was itriple J f tit tittriple . triple appearance of ot pa.i1 pai1 pa.i1Se $ . tltte tltteplanes /Se Se Seplanes / planes over the Golden te tore- tore toreports . : re- re reports - - ports that others were seen settn seenthe AJJts AJJtska ps pska ka iirdthe Oregon . , , } Qwer ewer Cautoi1 Callfot'tlr Callfottlr ' , . iird , rd rdthe the coast 011 011F otlgnama iTermed , F ama an anc } thei'jU theijU bthelflw bthelflwverified ' ; verified ruh a . . ( r ; rChief ruiytChief ruiyt 1 . < . Chief reaction reactton to tQ thcf.was thcfwas the thedt4lNartiIage tt dt4lNartiIage dt4lNartiIagewas . . ( " 11U1 " was the realization realJzatJon reallzat1oq gal oQ'tiM oQtiM ' t 1 t4l r > : . .JWttb JWttb . $ aft rarrt ot of otthe ofthe the people ot of i their ulter uUer ttler tin ) trpfpAre trpfpArewas pared . . ne.1 ne1 ness . for anytbin anything . pt1hts Uli\pafed Uli pafed d ! \ "ere ere Teri Teriwits "erewit " was wits wit . UtUe little evade evident evidCnttri ! ' ,1 1 liicUaaUl lli U tf t p pilnlc pilnlck pilnlcr1F n1c k . .1 1 . ; r1F WJ . { 'N N 'Nt ' * , $ Ps t t jt 1 f H tali talik t 4a i 4 k a 9 bt bta btask a ask . r stn n v vn vNtxsts Ntxsts % $ Y a ' a . ' to toThis W . . Tkl This air raid warden E Edgar gar Lee LeeVlc l LeeVice e I IVice < ( Vice Vlc Cwmma.nder Cwmmander Commander . 01 of f a New York YorkAmerican YorkAmerican TirkAmerica.l TirkAmerical American . Legion Legi B post 1) 1 ) > Is 1 > shiw shown as asbe ashe ask be he phoned hce an alarm from ( fr rom m New Nt'w Ntw ' York YorkCity YorkCity TerkCItys City I s Emailr Empire * Itate State kBilaing building ob- ob observation observation b berv&dc - - erv&dc ervdc servation & post t that th.t tht . ke he be ba had spotted spottedtwo spottedtwo ttedtw two Blanea planes He lie yhwned phoned kis his alarm to toarmy toarmy toarmy army ftash Sash ask " t- t to tf - put f > ut aviatlwn aviation nelJx flelds fields fleldson fieldson on the alert and to warn tbe the c civilian h lIIan population . populationand and disorder but rather a recklessdisregard reckless recklessdisregard recklessdisregard disregard of the dangers of being beingunprepared beingunprepared beingunprepared beingunpreparedSan unprepared unpreparedSan San Francisco though the planes planeswere planeswere planeswere were actually actuaUy over th the harbor entrance en entrance entrance trance went through througb a half heartedblackout hearted heartedblackout heartedblackout blackout and the co-operation co operation co-operatlOn operatlOn - - was wasso wasso wasso so spotty that the defense chiefs chiefswere chiefswere chiefswere were outraged and railed at the peo pen peopie penpie peopie pie one actually saying saymg it w uldhave uld uldhave uldhave have been better It if th the planes hadgotten had hadgotten hadgotten gotten through and dropped their theirbombs theirbombs theirbombs theirbombsPertnps bombs bombsPl"rh.ps bombsPerhaps Pertnps Pl"rh.ps Plrh.ps Plrhps Perhaps " . the best evidence of un on unpreparedr onpreparedr unpreparedi preparedr ess l"S8 lS8 " came from New \ orkwhere ork orkwhere orkwhere where a simple query about a runior ru rumar rumor mar mor of a plane sighted out to sea seabounced seabounced seabounced bounced back and forth until nearly 300 planes at Mitchel Mttchel field took oft and crisi criss crossed the approaches approache > toNew to toNew toNew New York and a goodly portion ofNew ot of otNew ofNew New England Ellgland s war production In Industnes industries industnei dustnes dustries evacuated with considerable considerableloss considerabletoss considerableloss loss toss to productionThe productionThe production productionTh Th The originator origin a tor of 01 it all aU turned outto out outto outto to be an Identifiable civilian whowas who whowas whowas was absolved of ot all aU blame New NewYork NewYork NewYork York however realizing reallz.lng reallzlng . how tenu tenuOUII tenuous tenuous OUII ous Its It * preparedness was proceeded proceededto to carry cllrry through a program of testwarn test testwarn testwarn warn ngs ng9 designed to get thi the machlnery ma machmery machmery chmery in 10 orderGI order orderGIKMANSW GIHMANS GI ) { MANS MANSJ1 GIKMANSW J1 J1inter , inter wIer Slow 5low Slolu , Downthe Down DownIhe Ihe the 1 he costi cost costl ! cst est eat failure In the historyof history of t I 1 u i T s an warfare was the decision decisionof of Gem Gern any to abandon thi the central centraland centraland , and i r orthern Russian campaigns for forthe forthe forthe the v .Inter Inter winter winterBerl . lnter lnterBeri .InterBt'rl Beri Bt'rl Btrl Berl ' n frankly admitted that thiweather the theweather i iwea wea weather ther had gotten the best of them themand themand , and that lh t then there would be b no turther further turtherI turthera furtheratten furtheratten I a atten tten pts pis to advance until springMel springMet spring springMei Mei Mel Met were unable to fight tight In thoselow those thoseow thoseow ow IP tp to Ti T1\.eratures T1.eratures T1 .eratures eratures nieratures \ . eratures said the Nazi Natl : highcon high highcon highcon ' con r i a dand d and fuel oils and gaso gasa- gasa gasa1In's gaso- gaso gasolines gasolines - - lines 1In's 1Ins ( ' vere .ere ere uere . ruined by freezing con condill conditi condill dill diti s Ialt talt t t I alt 'g g i r ' g the mt'chanlzed mtchanlzed mechanized mechanizedforce mechanizedone mechanizedoneTl ' forte force ( forteTI forceTI Tl TI It II IIa as a s calmly announcedU announced announcedI I U at thern th ( ern ass a is 1S \ I t ad d lost B 6 8 000 000 000n 000n n en pn I i ihe the c rr IT n paibn paikn pal n andwent and went on ont1 onlit on"kl onkl t1 " lit 1 ! t I h . 1 1 f ( r U ! . .twn twn tswn wn village after vll1 viiJ vill vii vil J l i i h , , I l 1 i b l > brrcaftured rtcactured rrcaftured rt car tured and there thert theres ' s II I ( i r nt din dirt inution IOUtlOIl inutlon of the thescale thescale , scale f t ( IIe tte tl II tt e HIS Rrss H R IS iss rss 11 II it elTorLIf efTort- efTort elTorL effort efTortK - . K If III lit tl i N SlId s i i Idi tat ! ned to dig in inal inat Inaid al at d s i lily i i . ly ce se e the war of movem move movem movem m nt dui dun i ! . , the Ihe c Id weather |
