While World War II fighting has been over for about 67 years now, there are many diplomatic holes that exist and disrupt a formal end to the war. One of those holes lies in the relations between Japan and Russia. In a historical move, the two countries have agreed to negotiate on a territorial conflict that kept them from signing [...]
The Battle of Iwo Jima had just been won as this April, 9, 1945 LIFE entered American homes. The Marine assault troops landed on Feb. 19th, and newspapers published Joe Rosenthal’s famous picture of the raising of the American flag on Mt. Suribachi on Feb. 23rd. But victory did not occur until March 26, when 200 Japanese made their final [...]
Tokyo Times: An alliance of groups of laborers who were forced to work with no pay for Mitsubishi Materials in Japan during World War II asked the company for $60 million as compensation. Mitsubishi Materials (Shanghai) Corp received on Tuesday a document requesting compensation of 370 million Yuan (about $60 million) for the forced workers that Japan used during World [...]
Gizmodo reports: In 1942, after having finally entered WWII, the United States Marine Corps spent two million dollars on an insane new initiative. The mission? Strap napalm bombs to bats, and send them flying on deadly kamikaze runs. Seriously. Vacation Inspiration While most Americans spent the days following December 7, 1941—the day of Japan’s infamous attack on Pearl Harbor—confused, angry, [...]
In the Battle of Attu, the main conflict of the Aleutian Islands Campaign during World War II (1939-45), American and Japanese armies fought from May 11 to May 30, 1943, for control of Attu, a small, sparsely inhabited island at the far western end of Alaska’s Aleutian chain in the North Pacific. In June 1942, Japan had seized Attu and [...]
The Bridge from Hell: Prisoners of War lay sleepers on the Death Railway at River Kwai The Daily Mail reports: It was known, for good reason, as the Death Railway. In 1942, after the fall of Singapore, the Japanese army ordered the construction of a jungle railroad from Bangkok to Rangoon to support its assault on India. Almost 260 miles [...]
Japan has protested to China over a newspaper article that called for a review of Japanese sovereignty over Okinawa. The article was published on Wednesday in the People’s Daily – the mouthpiece of China’s Communist Party. Citing treaties, it said now was a “suitable time to revisit the historically unresolved issue of the Ryukyu islands”, as Okinawa is known. Okinawa [...]
Fox News reports: Japan has acknowledged that it conducted only a limited investigation before claiming there was no official evidence that its imperial troops coerced Asian women into sexual slavery before and during World War II. A parliamentary statement signed Tuesday by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe acknowledged the government had a set of documents produced by a postwar international military [...]
Global Post reports: The U.S. bombing of Tokyo in March 1945 that claimed some 100,000 lives ran counter to the humanitarian principles of international law, the Japanese government said in a document released Tuesday. At the day’s Cabinet meeting, the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe endorsed the document prepared in response to a written question filed by Mizuho Fukushima, [...]
CSMonitor.com reports: Today’s summit between Shinzo Abe and Vladimir Putin comes at an opportune moment but may founder on the old problem of the Kuril Islands, which Japan still wants back. Russian President Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin Monday with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the first top-level Russo-Japanese summit in almost a decade. The two wrestled for hours [...]
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A wonderful tribute to veterans at the PixMay 21, 2013
Monument to the 1,200 Guardsmen, Kaliningrad, RussiaMay 20, 2013
Russia and Japan seek agreement to end WWIIMay 20, 2013
Top Ten United States Fighter Pilot Aces from WWIIMay 20, 2013
Save The Willow Run Bomber PlantMay 20, 2013
New Dam Busters film on hold!May 20, 2013
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WWII Weekend – ‘Dig for Victory’- 1st/2nd June 2013May 20, 2013
Visitors flout ban on wearing Nazi uniforms to WWII eventMay 20, 2013
Periscopes Are Returned To WWII Submarine In GosportMay 20, 2013
Admiral Sir John Bush, who has died aged 98, was one of only a score of officers to win three Distinguished Service CrossesMay 20, 2013
The Man with the BOMB – Why Robert Oppenheimer haunts us stillMay 20, 2013
WWI U-Boat in Lake MichiganMay 20, 2013
Iwo Jima: “…A Beachhead On Hell”May 19, 2013
The English soldier who deserted, became an ‘Irishman’ – and received the Victoria Cross in WWIIMay 19, 2013
Battle Of Hamburger Hill During The Vietnam WarMay 19, 2013
70th Anniversary of B-17F “Memphis Belle”May 19, 2013
Another TANK from a FOUND! A T34/85 is pulled out of a former training ground!May 19, 2013
