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40 Facts About the Japanese Who Refused to Surrender After WWII Had Ended
World War II officially ended in 1945 when Japan's representatives signed their country's articles of surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Harbor, but the fighting did not end that day. Some…
Warfare History
Operation Vengeance: The Plan to Kill The Man Who Planned The Attack on Pearl Harbor
Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku was many things. He was a hero of the Russo-Japanese War who served in the epic naval…
Warfare History
Operation K: The Second Attack on Pearl Harbor
In March 1942, Pilot Lieutenant Hisao Hashizume boarded his craft on a remote atoll in the Marshall Islands. His craft…
Warfare History
This Day In History: The US Captures The Marshall Islands (1944)
On this day, in 1944 American amphibious forces invade and take control of the Marshall Islands. These islands were very…
General
This Day In History: The Japanese Withdraw From Guadalcanal (1943)
On this day, in 1943 the battle for the key Pacific Island of Guadalcanal effectively ends. The end of the…