imperial japan

In this episode, William C. Daroff, the CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations joins to discuss the up and coming Jewish march scheduled in Washington and the sentiment among American Jewry in this time of crisis. JPPI senior fellow Professor Gil Troy and former Knesset member Dr. Einat Wilf dissect the possible awakening among global Jewry as a result of the surge in antisemitism and discuss "day after" strategies following the war, with Wilf focussing on the American occupation of Imperial Japan following WWII as a strategic method forward.

How much do you know about "The Forgotten War" as the Korean War - technically a UN Police Action - is often called? Sandwiched between WW2 and Vietnam, it's never gotten the attention it's deserved. So let's give it some!  Also, do you know how connected Jon Bon Jovi is to the Korean War? You're about to... 

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The Pacific War may have been even more brutal than the War in Europe. Imperial Japan had a ferocious fighting force, they despised their enemies unlike even the Nazis, and they arguably tormented locals unlike any conquering army in modern history. The stories of local civilians being raped, tortured and killed en masse are truly disturbing. We also examine disturbing acts committed by the allies - like the brutal firebombing of Tokyo.  Today we examine how Imperial Japan rose to power, how their attack on Pearl Harbor was decades in the making, and how the Allies defeated them.  AND... no Typewriter sound beds! :) Hail Nimrod! 

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Imperial Japanese Navy pilots were an elite corps.  They lead the world in developing naval aviation between the First and Second World Wars.  Although their equipment was modern and tactics were cutting edge, their values and collective identity were based in something much older.  They were the modern incarnation of Japan’s ancient warrior caste, the Samurai, and adhered to the warrior code of bushido.  Saburo Sakai was one of them.  He fought throughout the war, became a leading ace, and was one of the very few who survived to write his story.

Today we explore the origin and early history of the Yasukuni Shrine. 

What is Yasukuni? Simply put it is a shrine dedicated to peace and the soldiers of Japan. It’s name translates to Peaceful Land Shrine (Yasukuni Jinja) and despite the name it is the most controversial Shinto Shrine there is. This is because is has continuously been at the center of post war / post Japanese colonization politics. How did it come about? Was it always the center of Japanese militant nationalism? Lets find out!

In Credible Discourse Website

Kyoto Memorial Shrine 

Further Reading: 

Yasukuni Shrine (Book) 

A Year in the Life of a Shinto Shrine 

Music Credits: 

New Intro: http://shw.in/sozai/japan.php  Tsuzdumi Japan 3 

Links

1. “The Thucydides Trap: Are the U.S. and China Headed for War?” by Graham Allison, The Atlantic, September, 24, 2015.
2. Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict that Made the Modern World, by Andrew Lambert, Yale University Press, 2018.

In this episode, I talked to Dr. Karl James, the head of military history at the Australian War Memorial. The book he edited, Kokoda: Beyond the Legend, was the principal source for this series, and let me tell you, it's a fantastic read! Various contributors, including Antony Beevor, weave together the story of Kokoda, both past and present. A truly comprehensive account of the battle for the Owen Stanley mountains, Kokoda: Beyond the Legend, also contextualizes the campaign within the wider war. Like any fair bit of history, the book tells the story of struggle and endurance, suffering and success, from every angle; Allied, Japanese, and Native giving each their proper due. Dr. James was a blast to chat with, funny, engaged, and a man that knows his stuff; he was kind enough to give me a full hour of his Sunday morning. Give a listen, rate review, subscribe, and click the link in the show notes to pick up a copy of Kokoda: Beyond the Legend!

Guest - Dr Karl James is a Senior Historian in the Military History Section of the Australian War Memorial, where he has worked since 2006, and Departmental Visitor with the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University. A graduate of the University of Wollongong, he specializes in Australia’s involvement in the Second World War, and the history of Australia’s Special Operations Forces.

Find him on Twitter @KarlJames_1945

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Sources 

• Kokoda: Beyond the Legend  edited by Dr. Karl James
• Kokoda by Peter Fitzsimons
• The Pacific War by William B.Hopkins
• Battlegrounds by M. Stephenson
• The West Point Atlas Of War - World War II: The Pacific edited by Brigadier General V. J. Esposito

Music - Cinematic Trailer by Scott Holmes Music 

Three Eras of Reforms

1. The Meiji Era Reforms
2. The Taishou Era Reforms
3. The Showa Era Reforms

The Actors:

1)Ministry of Education

2)National Language Council was established (NLRC. (kokugo-chousai-iinkai)

3) Coalition of Newspapers

4) Interim Committee on the National Language

5) Imperial Army

6) Allied Forces High Command

7)Deliberate Committee

https://incrediblediscourse.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/japanese-its-a-language/ 

I want to attribute the Introduction and outro music: 

Intro:  Komiku_-_13_-_The_Wind

Outro: Komiku_-_54_-_Escaping_like_Indiana_Jones

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Komiku 

Hello again and thanks for listening I'm your host, Cullen. Today we are covering another massive story so strap in for the long haul, but first some housekeeping. Go to Instagram and Facebook for maps and images and to follow along. Head to iTunes when you get the chance and rate review subscribe! This really does help get the show get heard by more people. As always thanks to melhaks on fivver for the episode artwork! Two quick notes this episode has some Japanese names, I'm going to do my best, but I may butcher them, and for that I'm sorry! Lastly, there are a few quotes from historical figures I use in the episode that have a racist term. I wrestled with whether or not I should include them and ultimately I think it's necessary to give an idea of the people that said them and the emotions of the time. Just a heads up, I don't want anyone to be bowled over!

Alright, let's get stuck in!

Let's go back 77 years ago. To the steamy rank jungles of the South Pacific. To a place where the kuni grass grows as tall as a man and cuts like a katana. To an island whose name, few knew but soon all would remember. Where Marines became legends and the Japanese knew only as Starvation Island. Let’s go back to Guadalcanal.

This week’s main source - the Pacific War by William B. Hopkins

Music -
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Elegy by Wayne Jones

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Alright, this is the quick and dirty episode for July! Full of information on Japan, China, and the very first shots of the Second World War. From the mid-1800s to the 1930s, Japan was moving faster and faster towards superpower in the East status. By the early '30s, Japan had finally arrived on the big stage. China, on the other hand, was unraveling and had in the 20s only recently started to put itself back together. A series of sometimes bloody sometimes innocuous sometimes staged "Incidents" happened from 1931 straight through to 1937. Then the most incident like incident of them all happened near a beautiful old bridge. A missing private, a confusing firefight, and an insulting truce led to the fall of Northern China and the Second Sino Japanese War.

All right enough of that lets take a look back to 1937 some 82 years ago, to the dry hot summer of northern china. In the chaos of nighttime training one man has to pee, by morning the world has changed, the course for war is set, and everything from Hiroshima to Pearl Harbor to the Rape of Nanking can be traced to one seemingly small incident at the Marco Polo Bridge.

This week’s main source - Combat: China 1937-1938 Chinese Soldier versus Japanese Soldier by Benjamin Lai

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Thunderstorm by Hanu Dixit

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