For Japan, World War II really began in 1931 with the Mukden Incident. This was a false flag operation which the military used as an excuse to invade Manchuria. (Japan already had partial control over Manchuria.) After the invasion, Japan set up a puppet state, Manchukuo. Starting in 1934...
Here is a story about an incident taking place in my classroom during the Halloween season. One day in October, I went into the classroom as usual. Although I didn’t mention to my students anything about dressing up for Halloween in class, some students had dressed up in preparation for ...