Gilbert
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ORIGINAL: jmalter the 'Panay Incident', when aggressive IJ airmen sank USS Panay (12 Dec 1937), was a bell-weather in alerting the US public to aggressive IJ moves in China, another step in the long road to full-scale war. IJ was thoroughly embarrassed by the sinking of the Panay, conducted a full-scale internal investigation, then released its results to the US, made a diplomatic apology & paid an indemnity to the USA. but the PR damage was done. youtube vid that you linked looks more like a 'propaganda' newsreel that would've been shown in US theaters 2-4 years later. More info here: http://www.combinedfleet.com/Panay_t.htm Gilbert
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