Were there any Japanese people that opposed the idea of attacking Pearl Harbor? - Quora

Answer: Believe it or not, the Japanese Army.​ By the time Pearl Harbor occurr.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest Were there any Japanese people that opposed the idea of attacking Pearl Harbor? Desmond Ng Written Mon Believe it or not, the Japanese Army. By the time Pearl Harbor occurred, the Japanese had been at war with the Chinese for four years. 75% of all Japanese land troops were bogged down in the vast Chinese hinterland, fighting a brutal, grinding war of attrition. Over 4 million Japanese troops aided by close to 1 million Chinese collaborators were fighting 14 million Chinese troops, and when they ...  Read More » How do fighter pilots typically earn their call signs? James Jones, Retired Airline pilot, USAF F-15C/F-5E, Former SWAT Entry team, Armorer Updated Oct 4 Yeah, this “Maverick” stuff…I didn’t hear too many “cool” ones. Or maybe they sounded cool until you heard WHY they were called that. Basically, you were watched until you did something stupid, then that was remembered for your naming ceremony. If you managed NOT to do something stupid, it was based on how you looked, or in my case, my name. I got hung with “Preacher”, because of James Jones, A...  Read More » How would Medieval people react after eating today's food? Alberto Yagos, Born in Spain Updated Sun I’ve cooked most of the recipes in two Medieval cookbooks, Libre de Sent Sovi and Libre del Coch which were the most important ones in Spain, France and Italy from the 14th to 16th centuries. Some of the recipes are as older as 1220 and some of them also appear in English cookbooks. Contrary to the popular belief that meat and fish were very expensive, they were quite usual in most tables. Villa...  Read More » Why do German WWII uniforms look so cool? Jay Verkuilen, Associate Professor of Psychometrics, CUNY Graduate Center Updated Sun Leaving aside the Nazi fetishism, the Germans wore dress uniforms from the grand tradition of 19th Century uniforms, which emphasized that soldiers look impressive. They were tailored and carefully designed to look good. Oh, wait, that’s Star Wars. :P Here’s a Wehrmacht parade uniform. You can still see similar uniforms on Russian soldiers, though of course not exactly the same. Those 19th Century ...  Read More » What stops someone from buying houses with a mortgage and having the tenant pay the mortgage in their rent? Why not do this with 50 houses? Spencer Powell, Inbound Marketer, Reader (50 books in 2015), Volleyball Player, Investor Updated Mar 28 I often wonder the same thing. It feels like a surefire way to build a retirement income. I'm currently in the process of working towards 85 rentals, but I can't afford 20% down on those properties, so I'm going the slow/safe route. I bought my first property at 23 with 3.5% down (FHA loan). I was fortunate to be able to take advantage of the first-time home buyer tax credit, so, in summary...  Read More » Why can't McDonald's give fruit (apple, banana) as an option to the oily and completely non-nutritious breakfast hash brown? Jacob Vincent, I work places, do things, and know people. Updated Dec 16, 2014 An employee at a supplier to McDonalds told me this: whenever McDonalds makes a change to their menu (e.g. adding a second smoothie flavor or a new meat-type for their sandwich) they have to go through some global commodity/agricultural analysis. Why? Because if McDonalds decided to do something such as seemingly simple as offering single (or sliced) bananas as a side, their decision would ... Read More » Is a minigun an effective weapon to use in a war? Joe Buy Updated Apr 7 The M134 Minigun most commonly used by the US military fires a 7.62×51mm cartridge at the outstanding rate of up to 6,000 rounds per minute. That's one hundred bullets in the time it takes you to say "one Mississippi". It is a valuable weapon to use in just about any war, save maybe the War on Poverty or something like that. Typically, miniguns are mounted onto tanks, helicopters, troop carriers...  Read More » For airline pilots traveling as passengers, what things do you pay attention to during a flight that most passengers might not? Ryan Hayes Updated Oct 3 When I was on a flight from Zurich Kloten to Nuremberg in a Swiss RJ a few years ago during the winter, I was sitting on the left hand side in front of the wing. I observed it rather than the city lights. I noticed that the airflow and snow was acting just a little out of the ordinary. 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Updated Oct 2 This one is devious, cruel, and ultimately, hilarious. To counter attack German tanks in the early days of Barbarossa, the Soviet Union trained dogs by rewarding them every time they went underneath a tank. After being thoroughly trained to run under the first tank in sight, they were strapped with explosives that would detonate when they ran underneath something, and let loose to destroy the in...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Choose which emails we send you through Email Settings or Unsubscribe.