75 years ago today we sunk 4 Jap midgit subs in Sydney Harbour ! They torpedowed the HMAS Cuttibald, killing 17 Australian and two Brittish sailors, sunk a Ferry and narrowly missed a US Destroyer. How close was that ! Their plans were an imminent invasion of Sydney, thank God they lost ! Imagine the panic, this was after they bombed, Darwin, Broome and offcourse the Americans at Pearl Harbour, lucky ?
2007-06-01 01:37:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I think it would have took a lot more than 4 mini subs to mount a successful invasion of Australia.
Also there military was to busy occupying everything from China down through South-East Asia and Philippines, would they have had enough manpower to invade Australia as well??
2007-06-01 02:09:12 · answer #1 · answered by conranger1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I second conranger1, he knows it takes more than four (1 man) midget subs, and a serious amount of logistics to mount an invasion. Now, if only conranger1 could knock some sense into the person called "Conservative1st", who claimed that "Even the Japanese in WWII attacked a military target rather than a civilian one."
2007-06-01 11:49:13 · answer #2 · answered by WMD 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hate to be a stickler about this but it was 65 years ago, not 75. Almost seems ironic that they lost the war and are stronger economically today than ever.
2007-06-01 09:01:59 · answer #3 · answered by gamerunner2001 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They did win - economically. Physically they took a beating, but now they dominate the world economically. And isn't money what it's all about?
2007-06-01 08:47:26 · answer #4 · answered by GONE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Outback Steakhouse would have a sushi bar. That wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, would it?
2007-06-01 08:40:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no need for the barbi when you have shrimp ....
2007-06-01 08:42:51 · answer #6 · answered by ThorGirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋