“Had I been ordered to bomb Seattle or Los Angeles in order to end the war, I wouldn’t have hesitated. So, I perfectly understand why
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Aleksander Untilov: Soviet-Japanese War (1945): Memoirs of a Kaluga Veteran
Translator’s Note: Alexander Yakovlevich Untilov (25.4.1919-7.3.2019) was nearly 100-years-old when he died! The Russian language sources state that in 1937, his father was arrested as
Soviet-Japanese War – Operations to ‘Liberate’ Islands North of Japan (August 8th-September 1st 1945)
Translator’s Note: In the James Bond ‘Skyfall’ (2012) the abandoned Japanese island of ‘Hashima’ (端島 – Duan Dao) situated nine miles West of Nagasaki Prefecture. As
Lord William Forbes-Sempill – British Traitor
1941: Lord Forbes-Sempill – after travelling to Japan in the early 1920s – had become convinced that ‘Imperial’ (fascist) Japan offered a new model through
Chiune Sugihara (杉原千畝) [1900-1986] -Japanese Official – Hero or Villain?
The ‘Japanese Schindler’ and one Australian family’s tug-of-war with the national archives Translator’s Note: The history of WWII is complicated and complex. Its breadth and
The Worldwide Popularity of the USSR and People’s Mongolia Declaring of War on Imperial Japan (1945)
At 16:30 on August 7th – J.V. Stalin and Chief of the General Staff A.I. Antonov – signed Directive of the Supreme Command Headquarters No. 11122
