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Was the use of nuclear weapons against Japan justified? One historian says yes
Hiroshima :: Japan | 10 months ago
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The US bombing of Hiroshima ranks as one of history's greatest controversies. Dennis Giangreco, former editor of Military Review , is also the award winning author of Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947 . His path
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Herald News: Letters, July 30, 2012
Hiroshima :: Japan | 10 months ago
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Many critics are academics and liberals who were not alive during World War II. They were not aware of how loyal, dedicated and fierce members of the Japanese army were. They were not aware of how many thousands of U.S. and Japanese soldiers died in
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Valley veterans share wartime stories
Nagasaki :: Japan | 12 months ago
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tool goes here Today, Americans honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Memorial Day was established 144 years ago, three years after the end of the Civil War. What was then called Decoration Day served as a time for the nation
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Letter to the Editor: Bombs dropped by three leaders
Tōkyō :: Japan | 1 year ago
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The malignant Japanese war machine would capitulate only to direct an cataclysmic force...It would be the costliest operation in history 1.5 million combat troops committed to the initial assault waves with reserves bringing the total to 4.5 million.
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Paul Ham
Nagasaki :: Japan | over 1 year ago
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Story continues below His new book, Hiroshima Nagasaki , is his first to target a specifically international readership. As in Kokoda , Ham has extensively used Japanese as well as Allied sources, diaries, official records and intercepted cables
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Quote of the Day › I think it's difficult, today, to construct a scenario where there's some ...
Okinawa :: Japan | almost 3 years ago
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I think it's difficult, today, to construct a scenario where there's some land invasion of Japan...But that would be a scenario where the Marines would be ideally suited for that. Tuesday 10th August, 03:57 AM JST Richard B Myers, former chairman of
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Purple Heart recipient recalls the taking of Okinawa
Okinawa :: Japan | almost 3 years ago
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George Reid came into World War II at one of its bloodiest times. Some weeks into the invasion and eventual capture of Okinawa in 1945, Reid, a native Texan, waded uneventfully ashore on the south side of the island 360 miles southwest of Japan, as
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Letters to the editor
Port au Prince :: Haiti | over 3 years ago
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Soil," anticipating persuasive arguments supporting the Post-Gazette's opinion. Alas ... the bulk of the editorial merely restated strong Democratic and Republican objections to stateside trials. The final two paragraphs of the editorial did make a
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Target Tokyo: The invasion of Japan that never happened
Kamakura :: Japan | over 3 years ago
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There is no massive statue at Sagami Bay of an angel with a sword and a coronet...The Great Buddha sits peacefully among the trees of Kamakura...These were all objectives in Operation Coronet, the planned seaborne attack on Tokyo in World War II...
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