It marks the first time that a Japanese leader has visited the city since the country carried out more than 100 air raids on Darwin, a key military port, in 1942 and 1943, killing more than 250 people. The first attack, the bombing of Darwin on Feb. 19, 1942, remains the single larg...
with enclaves in Hawaii and the West Coast consolidating and slowly expanding. Upon the outbreak of the Second World War, the Japanese American population suffered a considerable injustice. With the escalation of tensions between the United States and Japan following the bombing of Pearl Harbour...
The above leaflet attempted to persuade the Australian "Diggers" to abandon New Guinea and go home because their real threat were the American soldiers, to include black soldiers, staged in Australia who were seducing the Australian women while they were dying in the jungle. The leaflet depicts ...
Bombing of Darwin Invasion of Java Indian Ocean raid Battle of MidwayAkagi (Japanese: 赤城 ("Red Castle")) was an aircraft carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), named after Mount Akagi in present-day Gunma Prefecture. Though she was laid down as an Amagi-class battlecruiser, Akagi ...
The main roles for the Army Air Force lay in recon and air combat, whereas bombing missions received only limited attention. This is reflected in the slow build-up of its bomber squadrons in the 1920ies.(Tagaya: p. 182) For a short time the Army like the Navy saw the United States as...
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My friend and I travelled down the highway from Melbourne to Geelong especially to see this National Gallery of Australia touring exhibition – and my god, was it worth the journey! I have always loved woodcuts and the Art Deco era so it was a great pleasure to see the work of two ver...
In 1945, his home and workshop was burned down in the Bombing of Tokyo. He temporarily evacuated to his hometown of Shimodate before rebuilding a workshop in Tabata again in 1950. In 1953, he became the first potter to receive the Order of Culture. In 1955, he declined the offer to ...
However, the once ruthless invader has deliberately concealed its ugly history by repeatedly stressing its victimized role at atomic bombing memorial ceremonies, with some Japanese politicians publicly visiting the notorious Yasukuni Shrine dedicated to WWII Class-A war criminals. ...
The constant bombing frightened coolies, and British troops had to work as stevedores. At least 150 people per day died from the bombs, and martial law was declared. The Army was finally able to place AA guns on the golf club’s property, but there was still dancing every night at the...