tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836956334020662322.post8470432596507507246..comments2024-03-16T07:55:44.771-07:00Comments on Map and Counters: “THE PACIFIC”: POINT-COUNTERPOINTJCB IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16490081362549015107noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836956334020662322.post-82183974546775699742010-03-29T23:29:59.413-07:002010-03-29T23:29:59.413-07:00I found this last night:
On 15 Aug 1945, newspape...I found this last night:<br /><br />On 15 Aug 1945, newspaper Mainichi Shimbun published a story written by [former Prime Minister Adm] Suzuki on the Japanese surrender. In the article he wrote that it was his conviction to "trust the enemy commander." "The 'Bushido' is not a Japanese monopoly", he said. "It is an universal code." He believed that Allied Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836956334020662322.post-84682702776737813442010-03-29T04:40:08.387-07:002010-03-29T04:40:08.387-07:00(I'm the same anonymous -- I've re-read yo...(I'm the same anonymous -- I've re-read your original to hopefully keep this on-point)<br /><br />Since we're both pretty well-read on WW2, we're going to agree more than disagree since I think it's safe to say that the history of the conflict can be put to bed (any idiocies from Alperovitz aside).<br /><br />As for wartime atrocities being part of the Japanese warrior spirit,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com