World War II - the Human Condition

Even after dropping 2 atomic bombs on their cities, Japan almost didn't surrender. There were quite a few fanatics in the Japanese army who staged a coup the night before the surrender

The flag raising on Iwo Jima was done twice because an Officer wanted the flag.

I've been to Normandy 4xs. Each time I learned valuable information while traveling in the region. Things i wish i knew before my trip. I missed a lot of events because I assumed and didn't look deeper into the anniversary events. I thought it all clear cut. it wasn't.

Planes Grounded before the Japanese attack on the Philippines. MacArthur made lots of blunders when the Japanese struck. Beginning with this one.

The hidden secret at Ouistreham during WW2 explained

During WW2 the US paid Japan along with other Allied countries to take care of their POWs

WW2 POW survival in the Pacific meant enduring conditions that pushed the human body to its limits. Men were already weakened by disease—malaria, dysentery, beriberi, dengue fever—spreading rapidly through overcrowded camps. With little or no medicine available, even minor illness could become life-threatening. Their bodies were breaking down under a starvation diet of roughly 700 calories a day,...

WW2, for many prisoners in the Pacific, survival didn’t end on land. They were packed into unmarked transport ships—later called hell ships—where conditions quickly turned deadly. No markings. No protection. No way out. On board vessels like the Enoura Maru and Brazil Maru , men endured suffocating heat, starvation, disease, and the constant uncertainty of what came next. When attacks came, they c...

World War II didn’t begin for Guam with a battle plan—it arrived without warning. On the morning of December 8th, 1941, the island heard the news of Pearl Harbor. Within hours, aircraft were already in the sky. Roads were strafed. Villages were hit. Civilians ran for cover as the reality of war closed in. There were only a few hundred defenders on Guam—Marines, sailors, and members of the local Ch...