For John, BLUF: Friday last was the Anniversary of the dropping of a nuclear weapon on the Japanese City of Hiroshima. Yesterday, Nagasaki. Many see that action as a terrible blot of our American narrative. The Writer of the blog mentioned does not think so. Nothing to see here; just move along.
From ¡No Pasaran!, by the Blogger, 6 August 2021.
Here is the lede plus one:
Among the many things we are not conversant with regarding World War II is the sheer number of Chinese civilians wiped out subsequent to the Doolittle raid on Tokyo. Try to imagine the number of Chinese "collaborators" (from the Japanese point of view) punished (killed) for providing solace to 80-some American stranded airmen whose war exploits they knew nothing about, and said exploit having in any case resulted in less than 90 Japanese deaths.How to end a war is a complicated issue, made more complicated by those on the losing side not being willing to give in. The losing side has to acknowledge it is the losing side. In the Summer of 1945 it did not look like Japan had realized it was on the losing side of the conflict. In Germany, with the suicide of Chancellor Hitler, there were those willing to sign a surrender document. In Japan that was not the case. However, two nuclear weapons were very sobering for the Emperor. Even so, there were those who were willing to fight it out to the bitter end. Fortunately, in the corridors of power they did not prevail.Do you think it might be about 25 Chinese civilians? 250? Perhaps 2,500? Certainly not 25,000? The answer is perhaps ten times that: close to a quarter of a million! Yes, you read that right: the Japanese army killed an estimated 250,000 Chinese civilians as punishment for aiding the escape of Doolittle’s Raiders from Chinese territory.
Hat tip to the InstaPundit.
Regards — Cliff
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