The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered on MSN

In August 1945, the B-32 Dominator flew one of World War II’s final air battles - after Japan had already announced its surrender

The B-32 Dominator was developed as an alternative heavy bomber in case problems prevented the B-29 Superfortress from ...
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Hirohito's war : the Pacific war, 1941-1945 / Francis Pike

Part I: Meiji restoration: 1868 -- Empires in conflict -- Part II: Japan versus America and the world: 1931-1941 -- Ultra-nationalism and the death of democracy -- Japan versus China: From phoney war ...
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Implacable foes : war in the Pacific, 1944-1945 / Waldo Heinrichs and Marc Gallicchio

Gaining momentum -- Moving ahead on New Guinea, April-July, 1944 -- The Marianas campaign, June-August, 1944 -- Accelerating the advance, August-October, 1944 -- Leyte to Manila, October, 1944-March, ...
The Conversation

Postwar Japan at 80: 10 factors that changed the nation forever

This year marks 80 years since Japan’s catastrophic defeat in the Asia-Pacific War. In 1945, the country lay in ruins. Millions had died in battle or in the devastating Allied bombings of Tokyo, ...
The Diplomat

Australia-Japan Relations: No Hostage to War Memory

The post-war interrogation of Military Police (Kenpeitai) Sergeant Hosotani Naoji near Sandakan, northeast Borneo, in October 1945. Credit: Public Domain One of the most emblematic photographs related ...