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Japan never had a chance.

B-29 Superfortress on the assembly line at the Boeing Renton (Washington) Plant

 

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On this day 75 years ago. Aug 7th 1945.
The Japanese Nakajima J9N-1 Kikka ("Orange Blossom") naval special attack jet aircraft made its maiden flight at Kisarazu Naval Airfield in Japan with Lieutenant Commander Susumu Takaoka at the controls

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syscom3 said:

Japan never had a chance.

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Shall we discuss it again, sys ?
You have no chance to win me anymore

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Shinpachi said:

Shall we discuss it again, sys ?
You have no chance to win me anymore

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Until I saw a program last nught, I had no idea Russian forces were moving in on the Japanese mainland and it was considered to surrender to them, and a proposal was submitted, even after the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, but was turned down by the Russians who wanted who unconditional surrender.

This, to me would have been a horrible alternative.

 

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syscom3 said:

Japan never had a chance.

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I wonder what the HE-177 production line looked like in comparison.

 

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Mussolini & the Lion of Judah WWII Anti-German Politcal Cartoon Print by Szyk

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Certainly with mixed feelings, Japanese PoW 2Lt Minoru Wada watches bombs fall on the Japanese 100th Infantry Division headquarters that he had just led the bombers to, August 9, 1945, Mindanao, Philippines.

 

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Five year seems to be a cycle of a topic here.
Minoru Wada claimed himself a nisei (2nd generation of Japanese American).

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As an officer he is almost certainly pressing transmit button and beginning with a long pause then 'ummmm......'

 

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Crash landed DB-7B Boston III A28-8 code DU-J of 22 squadron RAAF, New Guinea 1943

 

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75 years ago today, Aug 10 1945.

U.S. President Harry Truman with his cabinet at the White House, Washington D.C. They were discussing the Japanese offer to surrender "conditionally".