Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

[Escuadrilla Azul]

The 228 Massacre by KMT in Taiwan on February 28, 1947.
The number of deaths from the incident and massacre was estimated to be between 18,000 and 28,000.

"In 1945, following the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II, the Allies handed administrative control of Taiwan to the Republic of China (ROC), thus ending 50 years of Japanese colonial rule. Local inhabitants became resentful of what they saw as highhanded and frequently corrupt conduct on the part of the Kuomintang (KMT) authorities, including arbitrary seizure of private property, economic mismanagement, and exclusion from political participation. The flashpoint came on February 27, 1947, in Taipei, when agents of the State Monopoly Bureau struck a Taiwanese widow suspected of selling contraband cigarettes. An officer then fired into a crowd of angry bystanders, striking one man who died the next day. Soldiers fired upon demonstrators the next day, after which a radio station was seized by protesters and news of the revolt was broadcast to the entire island. As the uprising spread, the KMT–installed governor Chen Yi called for military reinforcements, and the uprising was violently put down by the National Revolutionary Army. Two years later for the following 38 years, the island was placed under martial law in a period known as the White Terror..."
Source: February 28 incident - Wikipedia

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Interesting. I didn't know about that before.

The aftermath of long wars and sudden change of rulers, like after WW1 and WW2 in many other places.

 

[special ed]

I really appreciate the history from that part of the world. Thanks Shinpachi.

 

[Shinpachi]

Or Mao...

I agree but feel like General MacArthur was understanding it well why Japan made war with Chiang and Mao in his testimony at the congressional hearing in 1951.

 

[manta22]

I agree but feel like General MacArthur was understanding it well why Japan made war with Chiang and Mao in his testimony at the congressional hearing in 1951.

Perhaps, but they were not threatening Japan in the late '30s. Choosing Chiang over Mao was not a choice of good over evil, it was a choice of bad over even worse.

 

[Shinpachi]

Perhaps, but they were not threatening Japan in the late '30s. Choosing Chiang over Mao was not a choice of good over evil, it was a choice of bad over even worse.

The biggest threat for the Japanese in the 1930s was the Soviet Union. So, the Japan's military power was concentrated on the Manchuria-Soviet border. Mao was second but could not be ignored as he was a boss of Chinese communists supported by Soviets. When Chiang shook hands with Mao in 1937, he had stood on the enemy side for the Japanese.

 

[manta22]

The biggest threat for the Japanese in the 1930s was the Soviet Union. So, the Japan's military power was concentrated on the Manchuria-Soviet border. Mao was second but could not be ignored as he was a boss of Chinese communists supported by Soviets. When Chiang shook hands with Mao in 1937, he had stood on the enemy side for the Japanese.

'...Japan's military power was concentrated on the Manchuria-Soviet border."

What was Japan doing in Machuko? They were occupiers of Manchuria, which they had just invaded and needed their coal & iron ore.

 

[Shinpachi]

'...Japan's military power was concentrated on the Manchuria-Soviet border."

What was Japan doing in Machuko? They were occupiers of Manchuria, which they had just invaded and needed their coal & iron ore.

The US was also seeking benefits in Manchuria with far less costs than Japan paid since the Russo-Japanese War.

 

[Shinpachi]

Learn more, manta.

 

[manta22]

Learn more, manta.

Numbah ten, Shinpachi!

 

[Shinpachi]

Numbah ten, Shinpachi!

Take apology, manta, if you had a wrong feeling but I think you are much better than a recent BBC staff.
Not only he did not understand Stalin's crucial role to ending the Pacific War but even thought I was a Russian.

 

[manta22]

Take apology, manta, if you had a wrong feeling but I think you are much better than a recent BBC staff.
Not only he did not understand Stalin's crucial role to ending the Pacific War but even thought I was a Russian.

 

[SaparotRob]

Take apology, manta, if you had a wrong feeling but I think you are much better than a recent BBC staff.
Not only he did not understand Stalin's crucial role to ending the Pacific War but even thought I was a Russian.

You're not?

 

[Shinpachi]

German weapons introduced to the Japanese kids in 1941.

Me110

Model unknown

Source: Ocean Boys (Aug.1941)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Capt. Vick]

Wow! Didn't know the carriage could elevate and tilt like that! Interesting.

 

[Shinpachi]

A barrel of the long range cannon under production in Germany

An ad introduced in the same issue. It says "Our axis for the health is also firm!"

Source: Japan-Germany Publishers Association (July 1944)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Shinpachi]

The Battle of Kharkov introduced to the Japanese people in July 1942.

Germans overwhelm Soviet troops.

Source: Japan-Germany Publishers Association (July 1942)

 

[Wurger]

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

The Battle of Kharkov introduced to the Japanese people in July 1942.

Germans overwhelm Soviet troops.
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Source: Japan-Germany Publishers Association (July 1942)

Maybe a new 2022 edition could be in the oven due to recent events in Ukrainia