First come, first served. (English proverb). Those that lie down with dogs, get up with fleas. (Native American proverb, Blackfoot). People are enemies of that which they don't know..
There is another similarity with these two warsâfanaticism and suicide tactics. While Japan apparently did not use suicide tactics at Pearl Harbor, we know of their use of the Kamikaze later in the war. One historian stated that by the end of WWII: 7,465 Kamikazes flew to their deaths; 120 US ships were sunk, with many more damaged 3,048 allied sailors were killed and anther 6,025 wounded Although there may be some question about the exact numbers, the damage done by Kamikazes is almost unbelievable.
Simon & Schuster, 2008, 515 pages. The casualties suffered by the Essex-class aircraft carrier Bunker Hill exceeded those inflicted by any other Japanese suicide attack. On May 11, 1945, two kamikaze aircraft carrying 250-kg bombs hit Bunker Hill in quick succession, and they killed 393 men and injured 264 men.