Extra History on MSN17d
Japanese Militarism - Government by Assassination
General Tatekawa found out something was afoot in Manchuria! Insubordinate members of the Kwantung Army were looking to start ...
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VOX POPULI: The haunting final words of a young kamikaze pilot in WWII
When Japan’s defeat became increasingly likely, he was tasked, by secret orders of the Kwantung Army, to record the last will and testament of kamikaze pilots. In an essay titled “Aoi Umi no ...
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NOMONHAN INCIDENT/ Stuart Goldman: Japanese army served as an unwitting trigger for World War II
While the German-Soviet alliance was being concluded, Stalin gave Zhukov the green light to launch his offensive and Zhukov struck the Kwantung army at Nomonhan. And the Japanese suffered a ...
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Japan made bacteriological weapons experiments in battle of Khalkhin-Gol — FSB
The first two experiments were staged on the orders from Colonel-General Ueda [Kenkichi], the commander of the Kwantung Army, while the third experiment was made on the orders of Ishii Shiro ...
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Lavrov pays tribute to Soviet soldiers who gave their lives for Korea’s liberation
TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday laid wreaths at the Liberation Monument to Soviet soldiers, which was erected after the Red Army defeated Japan’s Kwantung Army on the ...