Naturally they find a lot of opportunities to make films about Nanking days and the countless dramas played out at the end of Japanese bayonets, downrange from Japanese artillery, rifles and pistols, and underneath Japanese bombers. That’s to be expected. Murdering, raping and generally having ...
As a haunting exploration of life at the end of World War II in Japan, this gripping film follows the journey of a demobilized soldier who finds himself returning to his rural hometown after suffering immense trauma and loss. Struggling to find meaning in the wake of conflict, he encounters ...
The Japanese archipelago is located in East and North East Asia.[3] The country has the highest per-capita consumption of cybernetics of any country in the world, and is at the forefront of research and design. They also have on average the highest percentage of full borg conversions, ...
Japan in WW2 二战中的日本 JapanintheWWII GeneralIntroduction •ThemainbattlefieldsofJapanforcesintheWWⅡ•TheequipmentofJapanarmyforces•ThebriefviewofdomesticsituationduringWWⅡinJapan•SomereasonsforJapanwagingwars TheWWⅡbrokeoutandtheAxisformed •OnSeptember1st,1939,theGermanforcesinvadedPoland,and...
I compiled a little gallery with some interesting photos at the end of this blog entry, but here is a list of links to the full articles I’ve written in the past, in case you want to see (and read?) more:*Sapporo 1972 (1)**Sapporo 1972 (2)**Nagano 1998 (1)* (*Like ...
They were, apparently, destroyed to prevent capture at the end of the war. Finally, one could certainly not end such a discussion without briefly giving an account of the bizarre “Type 97 Ka-Ha“. The brainchild of a combat engineer, the Ka-Ha was based upon Japanese observation of ...
In 1978 the U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) regularized Japan sharing responsibility of USFJ stationing expenses. At that time the Director-General Kanemaru Shin of the Japan Defense Agency expressed “We are sympathetic [to the United States]” and thus called it the “Sympathy...
When did WW2 end in Japan? When did the role of emperor begin in Japan? When did the Meiji Restoration start? When did the Emperor of Japan lose power in the 1100s? When was the Empire of Japan at its largest? When did the Treaty of Nanking end?
-- NBC. Victory at Sea. Japan was the most industrialized country in Asia, but the country's industrial capacity was a fraction of that of America and Britain. And the country had to import raw material, including vital resources like petroleum. Nor was the country self-production in food ...
and in particular the Soviet declaration of war and startling success of the their invasion of Manchuria all played major roles. The Allies at in the Potsdam Declaration demanded that Japan surrender (July 27, 1945). The Japanese military despite the fact that the Allied bombing had destroyed ma...