Comments on: Another Japanese Surprise Attack on a Sunday in December http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/41 History fetish? What history fetish? Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:38:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: livius drusus http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/41#comment-11359 livius drusus Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:49:05 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/41#comment-11359 No, they are navy personnel caught by surprise. One of them is shooting in his underwear, even. I'm quite sure a staged production in 1937 would used actors wearing all their clothes. All the survivors were paid reparations by the Japanese government. I don't think the Empire was in the habit of apologizing officially and paying people thousands of dollars for bombings that didn't happen. No, they are navy personnel caught by surprise. One of them is shooting in his underwear, even. I’m quite sure a staged production in 1937 would used actors wearing all their clothes.

All the survivors were paid reparations by the Japanese government. I don’t think the Empire was in the habit of apologizing officially and paying people thousands of dollars for bombings that didn’t happen.

]]> By: stu http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/41#comment-11356 stu Wed, 26 Dec 2007 03:31:28 +0000 http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/41#comment-11356 they are actors they are actors

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