Pmartin,

You know what the weirdest thing is? What I've typed onto the board from my computer doesn't seem to be the same thing that is appearing on your monitor screen.

Where did I say that I didn't think that American citizens would fight? What I said was that the battle would in all probability favor an army over a group of civilians.

Be that as it may, let me try to sum up for you my point in a way that will not lose it's meaning in the translation:

The reason we weren't invaded during WW2 had MUCH more to do with our military defense capability, and the fact that the Atlantic and Pacific oceans kinda presented a slight barrier, than Japan worrying about our armed civilians.

Remember, they had just engaged a lot of supposedly powerful militaries of the time (Britain, France) while conquering Asia, and made short work of them, and even the U.S. in the early stages of the war.

The British DID attempt invasion, but it was during the war of 1812. They were ultimately repelled, and the war eventually won by the MILITARY of the fledgling United States, not it's civilians with their hunting muskets. As far as the Revolutionary war goes, England already had troops, ships and supplies here. Just like we have in say, Puerto Rico. (our territory) They didn't just decide to land on the beaches and begin an invasion like Japan or Germany would have had to. (I'm pretty sure neither had troops already on our soil.)

If you want to get technical though, Japan did invade, and occupied 2 islands in the Aleutian chain that as you know were part of what was to become the state of Alaska. You could also count the Phillipines, and the other islands in the Pacific that were U.S. territories at the time. Let's just stick with the actual contiguous United States though.

The term "Urban warfare" may have been used incorrectly on my part. Invasion (of both cities and rural areas) of the mainland U.S. is what I meant. Armed troops with tanks, artillery, air support, and overwhelming numbers against civilians with hunting rifles and hand guns. Japan DID have these capabilities early on in WW2.

Semantics aside, I agree that arguing on the subject is pretty much a waste of "Valuable work time." So this will be it for me. Hopefully I've now cleared it up enough for you so that the need for hostility and sarcasm are no longer present.

p.s. To answer this question:

And we'll include the early 40's as well:

Warsaw, Paris, Prague, Brussels, Shanghai, Manilla... shall I go on?