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Quote: Originally posted by eddessaknight on Jun 22, 2022
June, 22nd, 1945 WW11
Battle of Okinawa finally ends with Allied Victory after many of the brave died......
R.I.P.
Okinawa Pacific Island marks 77 years since pivotal and bloody WW11Victory battle that left 200,000 dead
R.I.P.
Now many Okinawans are worried about the growing deployment of Japanese missile defence and amphibious capabilities on outer islands
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US ARMY CALVARY- June 25th 1876
Lt. Col George A. Custer, Civil WAR Tragedy HERO, while leading a undermanned limited Regiment and his men never stood a fighting chance. Under skies darkened by smoke, gunfire and flying arrows, 210 men of the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry Unit led by Lt. Colonel George Custer courageously confronted thousands of wild Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne warriors on June 25, 1876, near the Little Big Horn River in present-day Montana.
Col.Custer & His 7th Cav @ Last Man Standing; Massacre
R.I.P.
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June 27-Manila, Philippines, Sea Saga
WW11
Navy destroyer is located 22,916 feet down
A U.S.Navy destroyer(a.k.a Tin Can) that fiercely engaged a superior Imperial Japanese in the largest Sea Battle of WW11 in the Philippines (Midway) has become the deepest wreck to be discovered according to explorers.
The USS Samuel "B" Roberts popularly known as "Sammy B' was identified on Wednesday broken into two pieces on a slope at a depth of 22,016 feet _____deeper than the USS Johnston also found in the Phipine Sea---
USS Samuel "B" Roberts popularly known as "Sammy B'
October, 1944
R.I.P.
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Time Line: WW11 Honored Veteran passes June 30th, 2022
Last recipient of Medal of Honor(Battle of Iwo Jima)dies @ 98 Woody Williams, surrounded by loving family
"Today, America lost not just a valiant Marine and a Heroic Medal of Honor recipient but an important to our Nation's fight against tyranny in the Second World War."
~ Mr. Floyd Austin, U.S.Defence Secretary
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick survived deployment on foreign soil when he served in the Air National Guard.
He would lose his life at the hands of his own countrymen in a violent siege of the Capitol on January 6.
Law enforcement members and congressional leaders paid tribute on Wednesday to the officer that colleagues and family described as a patriot and a dedicated servant of the people.
"To the heroism of Officer Sicknick, God shared his grace on us,"
U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick will forever be remembered as a shining star who fought and died for America's democracy.
King of Kings Ozymandias am I. If any want to know how great I am and where I lie, let him outdo me in my work."
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Thank you,Blackapple for your interest and contribution to the USA's Honor Role.
Agreed, it's also particularly tragic when so many good men have been lost in many conflicts via friendly fire.:-(
R.I.P.
happy 4th Wishes to you w/ family & all served our Nation
Eddessa_Knight with Blessed LIGHT
Nota Bene:
KNOW THAT THE UNIVERSE HAS YOUR BACK, AND TRUST IN DIVINE TIMING.
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Thank you,Love your inspiring & thoughful postings
King of Kings Ozymandias am I. If any want to know how great I am and where I lie, let him outdo me in my work."
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Quote: Originally posted by Blackapple on Jun 30, 2022
Thank you,Love your inspiring & thoughful postings
TUNing INTO THE Kind Attitude OF GRATITUDE Blackapple :-)
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Quote: Originally posted by eddessaknight on Jun 27, 2022
June 27-Manila, Philippines, Sea Saga
WW11
Navy destroyer is located 22,916 feet down
A U.S.Navy destroyer(a.k.a Tin Can) that fiercely engaged a superior Imperial Japanese in the largest Sea Battle of WW11 in the Philippines (Midway) has become the deepest wreck to be discovered according to explorers.
The USS Samuel "B" Roberts popularly known as "Sammy B' was identified on Wednesday broken into two pieces on a slope at a depth of 22,016 feet _____deeper than the USS Johnston also found in the Phipine Sea---
USS Samuel "B" Roberts popularly known as "Sammy B'
October, 1944
R.I.P.
Time Line: WW11 -July 9th, 1944 - SAIPAN
American forces secured SAIPAN, after strong resistance, as the last Imperial Japanese defence fell to General Douglas Mcarthur's sucessful
'Island Hoping campaign'
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Quote: Originally posted by eddessaknight on Jul 9, 2022
Time Line: WW11 -July 9th, 1944 - SAIPAN
American forces secured SAIPAN, after strong resistance, as the last Imperial Japanese defence fell to General Douglas Mcarthur's sucessful
'Island Hoping campaign'
rarehistoricalphotos.com/hirohito-macarthur-1945/Time Line: WW11 June 10th, 1940
The ferocious battle of Brittan began as the Nazi Herman Goring Luftwaffe started attacking Southern England.The brave Royal Air force in in Hawker Spitfires including American,Polish and Canadian fliers was ultimately victorious
EXTRA:
The Battle of Britain, also known as the Air Battle for England (German: die Luftschlacht um England), was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom (UK) against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe. It has been described as the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces. The British officially recognise the battle's duration as being from 10 July until 31 October 1940, which overlaps the period of large-scale night attacks known as the Blitz, that lasted from 7 September 1940 to 11 May 1941. German historians do not accept this subdivision and regard the battle as a single campaign lasting from July 1940 to May 1941, including the Blitz.
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Time Lne: WW11 July, 1944 - Nazi Invade FRANCE Fights Back
The French Resistance Took Many Forms During WWII
A French resistant trains young volunteers in the alps of southern France in October 1944.In 1940, it may have seemed that all was lost for France. Paris was under control of the Nazis, much of the country had been occupied and the Allies had suffered a heroic failure at Dunkirk. Addressing the citizens of France from London June 18, 1940, Gen. Charles de Gaulle urged them not to give up the struggle against Germany.
"Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished," said de Gaulle (in French, of course) over the airwaves. What exactly did de Gaulle have in mind when he called for resistance? And what form did that take in France and elsewhere?
French Resistance is an umbrella term covering many different movements and types of resistance during World War II, according to Robert Pike, scholar of French history and author of "Defying Vichy: Blood, Fear and French Resistance."
"These days we see it more as a collection of different movements and groups," he says. French Resistance has a military side, as well as a more civilian component, and it wasn't always based on what de Gaulle wanted.
Not yet the eminent figure he would become, the French general continued broadcasting messages of encouragement from London, but his intention was not for those in France to immediately take up arms against the German occupiers. As Adam Gopnik wrote in The New Yorker, "At first, de Gaulle had no vision of an armed internal resistance in France."
Gen. Charles de Gaulle issues his call of resistance to the French people from London, England, June 18, 1940, just after the Nazi occupation of France. De Gaulle led the Free French Forces from London and later from Algiers (Casablanca Movie) throughout the occupation, and returned to Paris on its liberation in September 1944However, resistance groups did form within France, including paramilitary organizations, often comprised of demobilized military men, with varying levels of loyalty to de Gaulle. Called the maquis, these organizations consisted of guerrilla-style resisters who lived in the mountains and caves throughout the country.
"If you went into the maquis, you went into clandestine, illegal life," says Pike. Members were never recognized as soldiers by the enemy, which meant that if caught, they did not enjoy the rights a prisoner of war would have.
Examples of maquis organizations included the Armée Secrète (AS), a Gaullist group; the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans Français (FTPF or simply FTP), created by the French Communist Party; and Organisation de Résistance de l'Armée (ORA), a non-Gaullist group formed in the southern zone.
The various groups operated independently and did not necessarily agree with one another. In fact, there was friction between the AS and the FTP. The AS saw the communist-led FTP as causing trouble with its acts of sabotage, while FTP referred to the AS as the "wait and see boys," according to Pike.
A turning point for the disparate resistance groups came when de Gaulle sent civil servant Jean Moulin to France to unify the various networks. In May 1943, he convinced several groups to merge into the Conseil National de la Resistance (CNR). In later stages of the war, fighters worked together as the Force Françaises de l'Intérieur (FFI) under the Allied command.
Other Forms of Resistance
But, of course, the maquis were just the fighting side of the French Resistance.
"The resistance was so much more than that," says Pike. The maquis were supported by regular citizens. Bringing the fighters food, hiding them in barns and outbuildings, passing messages or information — these were also forms of resistance. Events like the November 1942 German occupation of the southern zone and the 1943 establishment of the Service du Travail Obligatoire (STO), which required French men to work for the German war effort, helped turn public opinion and increased involvement in the movement.
Resistance consisted of activities like creating propaganda, newspapers and leaflets, as well as helping downed Allied airmen escape the country or creating false documents. There were citizens who worked to save persecuted minorities, including getting Jewish children safely out of France to neutral Switzerland. Resistance workers were, for example, barbers by day and part of the liberation movement by night, or women who worked in the post office and intercepted mail.
"In a way, their lives were more dangerous," says Pike. "Any action like that, I think, is more dangerous than going and living in the forest."
Resistance Outside Metropolitan FranceIn his June 19 radio broadcast, de Gaulle urged it was the "duty of all Frenchmen who still bear arms to continue the struggle.... For the moment I refer particularly to French North Africa — to the integrity of French North Africa." As he had made clear, he wanted to run the Free France movement from London and North Africa, not from inside France.
"Some people believe [French Resistance] actually begins in the French colonies and Africa," says Annette Joseph-Gabriel, associate professor of French and francophone studies at Duke University.
In fact, it was Félix Éboué, a Black colonial administrator in Africa, who was the first French administrator to respond "yes" to de Gaulle's June 1940 call, explains Joseph-Gabriel. He endeavored to mobilize African troops and resources. From 1940 to 1943, "the 'heart of Free France' lay in Africa,
Broadening the story of French Resistance to include involvement of civilians, women and people in and from the colonies provides a more nuanced and accurate picture of the movement as a whole.
"They offer an entirely different perspective on the ideological underpinning of the French Resistance," says Joseph-Gabriel. "We gain a new definition of freedom when we also remember and consider the roles of ordinary people who did extraordinary things at this moment."
Brave Allies Fight Back
vive France!
Members of the French Resistance movement arrested Germans in hiding throughout Paris after the liberation of the city by Allied forces in 1944.HULTON-DEUTSCH COLLECTION/CORBIS/GETTY IMAGESAnd how important was the French Resistance? Did it turn the tide of the war? Could the Allies have won without the efforts of, for example, the maquis and post office workers?
Militarily, the resistance was small. Miller cites an estimate that less than 2 percent of the population, or 300,000 to 500,000 people, were members of a resistance movement. More than 30,000 French overseas subjects volunteered to fight. But if the French Resistance was not a major factor in turning the war, its soldiers and civilians were important in terms of morale.
"They were certainly helpful," says Pike. "It was a unifying kind of idea for that final stretch of the war."
Now That's InterestingJosephine Baker made history in 2021 when she was the first Black woman to be inducted into the French Panthéon in recognition for her efforts with the French Resistance. She is noted to have passed on intelligence she gathered at diplomatic parties and hidden resistance members in her
Nazi Germany Conquers France: April 1940-December 1940
A French resistant trains young volunteers in the alps of southern France in October 1944. STF/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGESIn 1940, it may have seemed that all was lost for France. Paris was under control of the Nazis, much of the country had been occupied and the Allies had suffered a heroic failure at Dunkirk. Addressing the citizens of France from London June 18, 1940, Gen. Charles de Gaulle urged them not to give up the struggle against Germany.
"Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished," said de Gaulle (in French, of course) over the airwaves. What exactly did de Gaulle have in mind when he called for resistance? And what form did that take in France and elsewhere?
HSW General Knowledge Trivia 800:00/01:43De Gaulle's Call Answered in Many Ways
French Resistance is an umbrella term covering many different movements and types of resistance during World War II, according to Robert Pike, scholar of French history and author of "Defying Vichy: Blood, Fear and French Resistance."
"These days we see it more as a collection of different movements and groups," he says. French Resistance has a military side, as well as a more civilian component, and it wasn't always based on what de Gaulle wanted.
Not yet the eminent figure he would become, the French general continued broadcasting messages of encouragement from London, but his intention was not for those in France to immediately take up arms against the German occupiers. As Adam Gopnik wrote in The New Yorker, "At first, de Gaulle had no vision of an armed internal resistance in France."
Gen. Charles de Gaulle issues his call of resistance to the French people from London, England, June 18, 1940, just after the Nazi occupation of France. De Gaulle led the Free French Forces from London and later from Algiers throughout the occupation, and returned to Paris on its liberation in September 1944.© HULTON-DEUTSCH COLLECTION/CORBIS/GETTY IMAGESHowever, resistance groups did form within France, including paramilitary organizations, often comprised of demobilized military men, with varying levels of loyalty to de Gaulle. Called the maquis, these organizations consisted of guerrilla-style resisters who lived in the mountains and caves throughout the country.
"If you went into the maquis, you went into clandestine, illegal life," says Pike. Members were never recognized as soldiers by the enemy, which meant that if caught, they did not enjoy the rights a prisoner of war would have.
Examples of maquis organizations included the Armée Secrète (AS), a Gaullist group; the Francs-Tireurs et Partisans Français (FTPF or simply FTP), created by the French Communist Party; and Organisation de Résistance de l'Armée (ORA), a non-Gaullist group formed in the southern zone.
The various groups operated independently and did not necessarily agree with one another. In fact, there was friction between the AS and the FTP. The AS saw the communist-led FTP as causing trouble with its acts of sabotage, while FTP referred to the AS as the "wait and see boys," according to Pike.
A turning point for the disparate resistance groups came when de Gaulle sent civil servant Jean Moulin to France to unify the various networks. In May 1943, he convinced several groups to merge into the Conseil National de la Resistance (CNR). In later stages of the war, fighters worked together as the Force Françaises de l'Intérieur (FFI) under the Allied command.
Other Forms of Resistance
But, of course, the maquis were just the fighting side of the French Resistance.
"The resistance was so much more than that," says Pike. The maquis were supported by regular citizens. Bringing the fighters food, hiding them in barns and outbuildings, passing messages or information — these were also forms of resistance. Events like the November 1942 German occupation of the southern zone and the 1943 establishment of the Service du Travail Obligatoire (STO), which required French men to work for the German war effort, helped turn public opinion and increased involvement in the movement.
Resistance consisted of activities like creating propaganda, newspapers and leaflets, as well as helping downed Allied airmen escape the country or creating false documents. There were citizens who worked to save persecuted minorities, including getting Jewish children safely out of France to neutral Switzerland. Resistance workers were, for example, barbers by day and part of the liberation movement by night, or women who worked in the post office and intercepted mail.
"In a way, their lives were more dangerous," says Pike. "Any action like that, I think, is more dangerous than going and living in the forest."
A group of French Resistance fighters (maquisards) pose for a picture with weapons in the courtyard of a farm in France, during the summer of 1944.AFP/GETTY IMAGESResistance Outside Metropolitan France
In his June 19 radio broadcast, de Gaulle urged it was the "duty of all Frenchmen who still bear arms to continue the struggle.... For the moment I refer particularly to French North Africa — to the integrity of French North Africa." As he had made clear, he wanted to run the Free France movement from London and North Africa, not from inside France.
"Some people believe [French Resistance] actually begins in the French colonies and Africa," says Annette Joseph-Gabriel, associate professor of French and francophone studies at Duke University.
In fact, it was Félix Éboué, a Black colonial administrator in Africa, who was the first French administrator to respond "yes" to de Gaulle's June 1940 call, explains Joseph-Gabriel. He endeavored to mobilize African troops and resources. From 1940 to 1943, "the 'heart of Free France' lay in Africa, not London," according to Chris Miller's "France in the Second World War: Collaboration, Resistance, Holocaust, Empire."
Broadening the story of French Resistance to include involvement of civilians, women and people in and from the colonies provides a more nuanced and accurate picture of the movement as a whole.
"They offer an entirely different perspective on the ideological underpinning of the French Resistance," says Joseph-Gabriel. "We gain a new definition of freedom when we also remember and consider the roles of ordinary people who did extraordinary things at this moment."
Members of the French Resistance movement arrested Germans in hiding throughout Paris after the liberation of the city by Allied forces in 1944.And how important was the French Resistance? Did it turn the tide of the war? Could the Allies have won without the efforts of, for example, the maquis and post office workers?
Militarily, the resistance was small. Miller cites an estimate that less than 2 percent of the population, or 300,000 to 500,000 people, were members of a resistance movement. More than 30,000 French overseas subjects volunteered to fight. But if the French Resistance was not a major factor in turning the war, its soldiers and civilians were important in terms of morale.
"They were certainly helpful," says Pike. "It was a unifying kind of idea for that final stretch of the war."
Josephine Baker made history in 2021 when she was the first Black woman to be inducted into the French Panthéon in recognition for her efforts with the French Resistance. She is noted to have passed on intelligence she gathered at diplomatic parties and hidden resistance members in her chateau, among other activities.
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WW11 july 18th, 1844 - Tokyo, Japan
Imperial Hideki Tojo, was removed as Japanese Premier and War Minister was removed because of setbacks suffered in WW11
he native form of this personal name is Tojo Hideki. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.Hideki Tojo東條 英機 Prime Minister of Japan In office
October 18, 1941 – July 22, 1944Monarch Showa Preceded by Fumimaro Konoe Succeeded by Kuniaki Koiso Minister of War In office
July 22, 1940 – July 22, 1944Monarch Showa Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe (1940–1941)
Himself (1941–1944)Preceded by Shunroku Hata Succeeded by Hajime Sugiyama Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army
General StaffIn office
February 21, 1944 – July 18, 1944Prime Minister Hideki Tojo (Himself) Preceded by Hajime Sugiyama Succeeded by Yoshijiro Umezu Personal details Born December 30, 1884
Kojimachi ward, Tokyo, Empire of JapanDied December 23, 1948 (aged 63)
Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Occupied JapanCause of death Execution by hanging[1] Political party Imperial Rule Assistance Association (1940–1945) Other political
affiliationsIndependent (before 1940) Spouse(s) Katsuko Ito?(m. 1909)?Children 3 sons, 4 daughters Parents - Hidenori Tojo (father)
- Chitose Tojo (mother)
Alma mater Awards Signature Military service Allegiance Empire of Japan Branch/service Imperial Japanese Army Years of service 1902–1945 Rank General Commands Kwantung Army (1932–1934) Battles/wars Criminal conviction Criminal status Executed Conviction(s) War crimes
Crimes against humanity
Crimes against peaceTrial International Military Tribunal for the Far East Criminal penalty Death Details Victims Chinese, Korean, Indochinese, Indonesian, Malaysian, Fillipino, Australian and other civilians
Allied prisoners of warImprisoned at Sugamo Prison Hideki Tojo (東條 英機, Tojo Hideki (help·info), December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was a Japanese politician, general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and convicted war criminal who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association for most of World War II. He assumed several more positions including Chief of Staff of the Imperial Army before ultimately being removed from office in July 1944. During his years in power, his leadership was marked by extreme state-perpetrated violence in the name of Japanese ultranationalism, much of which he was personally involved in.[2]
Hideki Tojo was born on December 30, 1884, to a relatively low-ranking samurai family in the Kojimachi district of Tokyo. He began his career in the Army in 1902 and steadily rose through the ranks to become a general by 1934. In March 1937, he was promoted to chief of staff of the Kwantung Army whereby he led military operations against the Chinese in Inner Mongolia and the Chahar-Suiyan provinces. By July 1940, he was appointed Minister of War to the Japanese government led by Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe.
On the eve of the Second World War's expansion into Asia and the Pacific, Tojo was an outspoken advocate for a preemptive attack on the United States and its European allies. Upon being appointed Prime Minister on October 17, 1941, he oversaw the Empire of Japan's decision to go to war as well as its ensuing conquest of much of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. During the course of the war, Tojo presided over numerous war crimes, including the massacre and starvation of civilians and prisoners of war. He was also involved in the sexual enslavement of thousands of mostly Korean women and girls for Japanese soldiers, an event that still strains modern Japanese-Korean relations.[3]
After the war's tide decisively turned against Japan, Tojo was forced to resign as Prime Minister in July 1944. Following his nation's surrender to the Allied Powers in September 1945, he was arrested, convicted by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in the Tokyo Trials, sentenced to death, and hanged on December 23, 1948.[1] To this day, Tojo's complicity in atrocities such as the Rape of Nanjing, the Bataan Death March, and human experimentation entailing the torture and death of thousands have firmly intertwined his legacy with the fanatical brutality shown by the Japanese Empire throughout World War II.[3][4][5]
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Quote: Originally posted by eddessaknight on Jul 18, 2022
WW11 july 18th, 1844 - Tokyo, Japan
Imperial Hideki Tojo, was removed as Japanese Premier and War Minister was removed because of setbacks suffered in WW11
he native form of this personal name is Tojo Hideki. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.Hideki Tojo東條 英機 Prime Minister of Japan In office
October 18, 1941 – July 22, 1944Monarch Showa Preceded by Fumimaro Konoe Succeeded by Kuniaki Koiso Minister of War In office
July 22, 1940 – July 22, 1944Monarch Showa Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe (1940–1941)
Himself (1941–1944)Preceded by Shunroku Hata Succeeded by Hajime Sugiyama Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army
General StaffIn office
February 21, 1944 – July 18, 1944Prime Minister Hideki Tojo (Himself) Preceded by Hajime Sugiyama Succeeded by Yoshijiro Umezu Personal details Born December 30, 1884
Kojimachi ward, Tokyo, Empire of JapanDied December 23, 1948 (aged 63)
Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Occupied JapanCause of death Execution by hanging[1] Political party Imperial Rule Assistance Association (1940–1945) Other political
affiliationsIndependent (before 1940) Spouse(s) Katsuko Ito?(m. 1909)?Children 3 sons, 4 daughters Parents - Hidenori Tojo (father)
- Chitose Tojo (mother)
Alma mater Awards Signature Military service Allegiance Empire of Japan Branch/service Imperial Japanese Army Years of service 1902–1945 Rank General Commands Kwantung Army (1932–1934) Battles/wars Criminal conviction Criminal status Executed Conviction(s) War crimes
Crimes against humanity
Crimes against peaceTrial International Military Tribunal for the Far East Criminal penalty Death Details Victims Chinese, Korean, Indochinese, Indonesian, Malaysian, Fillipino, Australian and other civilians
Allied prisoners of warImprisoned at Sugamo Prison Hideki Tojo (東條 英機, Tojo Hideki (help·info), December 30, 1884 – December 23, 1948) was a Japanese politician, general of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and convicted war criminal who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association for most of World War II. He assumed several more positions including Chief of Staff of the Imperial Army before ultimately being removed from office in July 1944. During his years in power, his leadership was marked by extreme state-perpetrated violence in the name of Japanese ultranationalism, much of which he was personally involved in.[2]
Hideki Tojo was born on December 30, 1884, to a relatively low-ranking samurai family in the Kojimachi district of Tokyo. He began his career in the Army in 1902 and steadily rose through the ranks to become a general by 1934. In March 1937, he was promoted to chief of staff of the Kwantung Army whereby he led military operations against the Chinese in Inner Mongolia and the Chahar-Suiyan provinces. By July 1940, he was appointed Minister of War to the Japanese government led by Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe.
On the eve of the Second World War's expansion into Asia and the Pacific, Tojo was an outspoken advocate for a preemptive attack on the United States and its European allies. Upon being appointed Prime Minister on October 17, 1941, he oversaw the Empire of Japan's decision to go to war as well as its ensuing conquest of much of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. During the course of the war, Tojo presided over numerous war crimes, including the massacre and starvation of civilians and prisoners of war. He was also involved in the sexual enslavement of thousands of mostly Korean women and girls for Japanese soldiers, an event that still strains modern Japanese-Korean relations.[3]
After the war's tide decisively turned against Japan, Tojo was forced to resign as Prime Minister in July 1944. Following his nation's surrender to the Allied Powers in September 1945, he was arrested, convicted by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in the Tokyo Trials, sentenced to death, and hanged on December 23, 1948.[1] To this day, Tojo's complicity in atrocities such as the Rape of Nanjing, the Bataan Death March, and human experimentation entailing the torture and death of thousands have firmly intertwined his legacy with the fanatical brutality shown by the Japanese Empire throughout World War II.[3][4][5]
Time Line: July 20th, WW11 1944
Operation Valkyrie—the July Plot to Kill Hitler—Failed 6 Times
https://time.com/5629999/operation-valkyrie-july-plotThe plan was known as Operation Valkyrie by rebellious ranking officials.The idea was that, once Hitler was dead, the military would claim that the assassination was part of an attempted coup
Nota Bene;
Had the plan succeeded, highly probable WAR would end sooner saving many military and civilian lives.
PS:
EVIL IS VERY POWERFUL
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Quote: Originally posted by eddessaknight on Jul 21, 2022
Time Line: July 20th, WW11 1944
Operation Valkyrie—the July Plot to Kill Hitler—Failed 6 Times
https://time.com/5629999/operation-valkyrie-july-plotThe plan was known as Operation Valkyrie by rebellious ranking officials.The idea was that, once Hitler was dead, the military would claim that the assassination was part of an attempted coup
Nota Bene;
Had the plan succeeded, highly probable WAR would end sooner saving many military and civilian lives.
PS:
EVIL IS VERY POWERFUL
Is the WW 11 Japanese Ramree Island Crocodile Massacre a Myth?
In early 1945, as part of the Pacific War during World War II, Allied forces pinned down 1,000 Japanese soldiers in a mangrove swamp off the coast of Burma (now Myanmar). Only 20 of the Japanese fighters made it out alive. The rest were reportedly eaten alive by hordes of prehistoric-looking saltwater crocodiles. According to one Allied commander:
"That night was the most horrible that any member of the M. L. [motor launch] crews ever experienced. The scattered rifle shots in the pitch-black swamp punctured by the screams of wounded men crushed in the jaws of huge reptiles, and the blurred worrying sound of spinning crocodiles made a cacophony of hell that has rarely been duplicated on earth. At dawn the vultures arrived to clean up what the crocodiles had left... Of about one thousand Japanese soldiers that entered the swamps of Ramree, only about twenty were found alive."This horrific event is known as the Ramree Island crocodile massacre, and in 1968 the Guinness Book of World Records awarded it the dubious distinction of "most human fatalities in a crocodile attack" at roughly 900 dead.
Troops of the 15th Indian corps land on Ramree Island off the coast of Burma during World War II, February 1945