Tank – 1 Built Although it had performed well before the outbreak of the Second World War, and during it’s early stages, the Type 95 Ha-Go was showing it’s age by 1942. It simply didn’t stand a chance against the increasingly powerful tanks being fielded by the Americans in the…...
Internmentis the confinement of a person as prisoner. This is usually done for political or military reasons, and leads to the exploitation and mistreatment of large groups of people. Due toanti-Japanese sentimentsafter the attack on Pearl Harbor, over 120,000Japanese Americanswere interned for ye...
ww2dbaseOn the domestic front, the 127,000 Japanese-Americans living on the west coast of the United States in 1941, 80,000 of whom were American citizens, had been subjected to prejudice since the early 20th century. People of East Asian ancestry were not allowed to marry Caucasians, while...
During WW2, what about Americans impressed the Japanese? What were some of the features of Japanese militarism? What did the Sino-Japanese War impact? What effect did the Meiji Restoration have on Japan's economy? What was an effect of Japanese actions in China in the 1930s? What factors ...
February 22, 1946 - Lubang island Allied casualties in a post WWII battle Intense fighting developed on February 22, 1946 when troops encountered 30 Japanese. Eight Allied troops were killed, including 2 Filipinos. The Filipino and Americans sent for an additional 20,000 rounds of small arm amm...
and compiled by Japanese Americans who were incarcerated at Tule Lake, California, during World War II. We will discuss some of the ethical considerations that have arisen in the course of translating this material, including our obligations to descendants of Tule Lake incarcerees. Panelists: Fran...
Americans tend to think of the Japanese soldiers as tyrannical and inhumane. However, in some cases they seem to have treated the locals better than their former white masters, paying them a fair wage and giving them limited freedom. There seem to have been some cases where the tribesmen actu...
I promise the posts will be newsworthy and will continue to uncover discoveries about the largest resistance to the WW2 incarceration of Japanese Americans. After 70 years interest in the camps has never been stronger. The difference is that over the past decade, with our film and now the new...
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Our opponent [the Americans] are even more feeble than the Chinese army. They are very effeminate and very cowardly and have an intense dislike of fighting in the rain or the mist, and at night. Jack Wikoff said about the Japanese: The Japanese portrayed the enemy as demons, cannibalistic...