USAF restores WWII airbase that launched nuclear bombs on Japan to counter China
The US Air Force restores North Field Airbase, the WWII launch site for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings, to ...
An Okinawan bone digger searches for remains from one of the fiercest battles of World War II
As a volunteer cave digger, Takamatsu Gushiken has unearthed the remains of several hundred people. Excavation is not his ...
朝日新聞社4 年
Unfinished base for subs to defend mainland Japan found on island
the decaying ruins here offer stark testimony to the extreme attempts Japan made in a last-ditch effort to avoid defeat in the waning months of World War II. The site on uninhabited Kushima island ...
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WW2: Was it right to bomb Hiroshima?
In the small hours of a warm summer day, the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay flew from a US base on Tinian over the ... of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. WW2: How close did D-Day come to ...
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Watch: WW2 era US bomb explodes at Japan airport, creates huge crater on taxiway
Miyazaki Airport served as a base for Japanese kamikaze jets from 1943 till the war ended. That explains why it became a prime military target for US bombers during the WW2 era. So far ...
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The Naval Powerhouses That Shattered Japan’s WW2 Ambitions
In the aftermath of Japan’s surprise attack at Pearl Harbor ... served in numerous major battles in the Pacific Theater during World War II, earning the ship and its crew 17 battle stars.