Last Monday completed 74 years the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, one of the most painful days of American History. I share with you here a link that brings a collection of dramatic photos, many of them rare, showing the devastation caused by the attack on the airfields of the island. Visit the link below and answer the title question.


http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/01/o-dia-da-infamia-em-fotos.html


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These pictures show so much destruction that the Japanese inflicted on pearl harbor. I don't think that much about pearl harbor but these pictures really show a lot more of the aftermath of the attack.

History is ALWAYS to be learnt, remembered and researched.

This DOES NOT imply that it should be used in a "militant" way, to divide people about old grievances. It shouldn´t.

It shouldn´t... at least when the matters were long ago settled, (usually with tons of blood needed for that settlement), and both formerly divided sides accept now that whichever had been the real or perceived affront, it is now HISTORY; it is OVER; and when none in ANY of the sides is trying to turn History upside down, nor getting back to "retake the task and get the job finally done" to "rectify" History, nor trying to create artificial guilt feelings in order to milk them to get present-day benefits or privileges with no other reason, nor is ALREADY using it to keep old fires burning, effectively preventing them to become part of HISTORY.

I mean, there is people who very reluctantly accept the historicity of specific events, but does not accept that some historic processes are... History, finished, over. The "yes we lost a thousand battles in a hundred small wars but we don´t accept that outcome and the BIG war will always go on until OUR final Victory" mentality.

Needless to say that I am refering to stubborn Poles dreaming of retaking Belarus and Ukraine and the Baltic nations to re-instaurate the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. What else could be? We need accurate knowledge of History to UNITE in defence against them.

About the pics, I had never seen most of those which show in-flight Japanese planes. Are they certified? I am thinking about the burning Val or the diving Zero.