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Samurai rebellions often started with a quick organization
and surprise attack on a target that was often successful, 2. When You Are
but once the imperial armies became involved the Disrespectful At
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rebellions were often decisively crushed. The Unknown
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One of the worst omissions of the film is the mixed
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motivations of the Samurai. The Samurai were indeed a Killed
noble warrior class, however they did not always act nobly.
Samurais occupied a position of power and wealth and the 4. Legendary
modernization of the Meiji Restoration meant the Warriors The
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introduction of an army of conscripts drawn from the poor.
This essentially put the Samurai out of the job and elevated 5. 25 Things You
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a class that the Samurai historically abused to an almost
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equal level. For comparison it would be like the peasant Schindlers
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Samurai had a long history of squashing the lower classes 7. Top 5 Strangest
and the main motivation of their rebellions was to hold on to Photos of World
their power and wealth. The film shows none of this ugly War II
history, hiding it behind the honor of the Samurai.
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before the Satsuma Rebellion Images Of
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Lastly, the depiction of Samurai putting up any kind of fight Didnt Make It
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with medieval weapons is quite absurd. Along with the fact
that the Samurai did not wear their traditional armor, they
also did not restrict themselves to traditional weapons.
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More U.S. service members died in the Air Corps than the
Marine Corps. Air Corps members were required to
complete 30 missions and had a 71% of being killed.
Despite the high likelihood of death, B-17 bombers were far
from helpless. They carried 4 tons of bombs and 1.5 tons of
machine gun ammo. Throughout the war the U.S. 8th Air
Force shot down 6,098 planes 1 for every 12,700 shots
fired.
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