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The World War II strategy that made Japan’s fortresses useless

In the middle of World War II, the United States faced a brutal problem in the Pacific: how to defeat Japan’s strongest island fortresses without sacrificing tens of thousands of lives. This story ...
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Japan's Secret Supercarrier Only Seen Twice in WW2

In 1944, the Imperial Japanese Navy was desperately searching for ways to keep U.S. forces from encroaching on their home islands. B-29s were already bombing Japan’s cities, and the occupied ...
Time

How Japan’s Outgoing Leader Could Break From Tradition in Talking About World War II

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba bows to the crowd after giving a speech during the 80th anniversary ceremony of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on ...
The New York Times

China, Japan and a New Narrative About World War II

Arguments about history are proliferating as the postwar order led by the United States crumbles. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. In September, China held a military parade to ...