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Cultural intelligence gathering in the Pacific War 2017-06-28 11:52:19 Post No. 3013195
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Cultural intelligence gathering in the Pacific War
Anonymous
2017-06-28 11:52:19
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How much (or how little) did the US military and intelligence community know about Japanese language and culture during the war? Were they relying on a few weebs in universities as experts, Jap Americans, Jap turncoats, or all of the above? How important did they consider this information to the war effort?
And vice versa--how much did the Japs know about American culture?
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https://youtu.be/lay1Avt5NGU
https://youtu.be/qs0hm6Aw_Dc
https://youtu.be/Hik35V-_xGI
https://youtu.be/CrdNZnpkfHM
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>>3013195
A lot of Japs went to American and European universities, most famously Yamamoto, so the Japanese probably had a better idea of the average American than Americans did about the average Jap. At least in the beginning
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>>3013204
Did this do anything to mitigate their fanaticism?
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>>3013235
To a degree, once they knew the Pearl Harbor attack and declaration of war were hours apart would mean an America that would never accept a negotiated peace
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>>3013195
Quality thread idea, OP.
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>>3013195
Peep this Frank Capra directed propaganda film created to educate common Americans about the Japanese. A pretty good resource to learn both what the brass in the government knew, and what the average American thought (who probably didn't know shit about Japan outside propaganda like this). Its actually pretty well researched.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvcE9D3mn0Q
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