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The use of kamishibai for propaganda during World War II made it an object of particular scrutiny when the war ended. General Douglas MacArthur and the Allied Powers were anxious to purge Japan of its former Imperialist ambitions, and kamishibai performers after the war had to get their stamp of approval.
About 40 percent of American POWs died in Japanese captivity (by contrast only 1 percent died in Nazi camps). Many were killed in fire bomb attacks and atomic bomb blasts or died while being transported to Japan.
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Propaganda in Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II. Poster of Manchukuo promoting harmony between Japanese, Chinese, and Manchu. The caption says: "With the help of Japan, China, and Manchukuo, the world can be at peace." The flags shown are, left to right: the flag of Manchukuo; the flag of Japan; the "Five Races Under ...
Top Image: Remains of a Shinto Shrine, Nagasaki, Japan, October 1945. Courtesy of the US National Archives. As set out in prior parts of the series, communications intelligence revealed the massive Japanese build up on southern Kyushu, the planned target for an initial invasion of Japan in November 1945 (Operation OLYMPIC.)
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Dec 9, 2021 · The atomic weapons dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945 remain — thankfully — the only use of these destructive weapons in history. The two bombings resulted...
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Feb 17, 2011 · By the end of World War Two, Japan had endured 14 years of war, and lay in ruins - with over three million dead. Why did the war in Japan cost so much, and what led so many to fight on...
Aug 6, 2015 · August 6, 2015. On May 10, 1945, three days after Germany had surrendered to the Allied powers and ended World War II in Europe, a carefully selected group of scientists and military personnel met ...
