Posted on 08/15/2025 4:06:47 AM PDT by RandFan
The defeat of Japan in August 1945 has become a footnote to Allied victory in Europe. But the world we inhabit today was forged in Asia 80 years ago.
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They were somewhere around the Panama Canal when the war ended.
My son was stationed in Japan a few years ago while serving in the Navy, he didn’t believe me when I told him about the atrocities committed by the Japanese’s during WWII. My late Father who fought Japan in WWII was an eyewitness to it.
My brother and I had a father who joined the USMC in February 1942 and did not get home to the U.S. until December 1945...
And Godzilla. Can’t forget about Godzilla.
Hell, Godzilla is a byproduct of American ingenuity with nuclear warfare.
It’s good the japs surrendered in 45 because they were rapidly catching up technology wise.
Politics and ego. Just like every other war we have seen, read about, and lived through.
#20 They look to be too rugged plus about 2,000 miles to Tokyo.
https://tinyurl.com/tr7wkmu6
Do you have any idea what Aleutian weather looks like?
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