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Kuribayashi, Nishi and the Japanese Troops Who Chose Death Over Surrender at Iwo Jima

Lt. Gen. Tadamichi Kuribayashi arrived on Iwo Jima in June 1944. Over the next eight months, he built one of the most elaborate defense systems in the Pacific, which would lead to one of the costliest ...
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100-year-old veteran reunites with WWII tank 'Lucky' 80 years after Japan's surrender

Israeli Defense Forces began another wave of strikes against Iran on Sunday after launching a joint strike with the U.S. by Sarah Beth Guevara WASHINGTON (7News) — A 100-year-old veteran reunited with ...
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Japan marks end of WWII as survivors remember wartime emperor’s surrender speech 80 years ago

TOKYO (AP) — Friday is the 80th anniversary of then-Emperor Hirohito’s announcement of Japan’s World War II surrender, but as living witnesses die and memories fade, questions remain in Japan about ...
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China’s WWII anniversary parade rekindles cross-strait battle over war narrative − and fears in Taiwan of future conflict

World War II casts a very long shadow in East Asia. Eighty years after ending with Japan’s surrender to Allied forces on Sept. 2, 1945, the conflict continues to stir debate over the past, in the ...