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Good morning, SunkenCiv.

I understand what you are saying. My grand-uncle, a planter in Burma, had his land confiscated and his labor force killed during the attempted Japanese invasion of Burma and NE India. After he lost everything to the Japanese, the man moved to Singapore after that city-state was liberated and made his second million.

Thanks for adding the list to your profile page; gives it a lot of visibility. As “undocumented Americans” (/sarc) say, Muchas Gracias.

[SunkenCiv]

As has been recounted before on FR and elsewhere, the US firebombed over 45 cities (I think it was 48), including Tokyo, before dropping the first Bomb. And Japan wouldn't surrender. And the first Bomb didn't convince 'em to surrender. It took a second Bomb, and even with that, a group of Japanese officers tried to kidnap the Emperor, stop the surrender broadcast from going out, and force Japan to fight on. When a group of US bombers was spotted in the night skies, as a precaution the power was shut down, the would-be kidnappers got lost in the darkened palace, and the broadcast went out on schedule. :')

The Last Mission: The Secret History of World War II's Final Battle by Jim Smith and Malcolm McConnell paperback