PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 3 months agoJapanese schoolgirls training with a machinegun for the anticipated American invasion of Japan, WW2, 1945media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1396arrow-down111cross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
arrow-up1385arrow-down1imageJapanese schoolgirls training with a machinegun for the anticipated American invasion of Japan, WW2, 1945media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square80fedilinkcross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI thought it was copper? Ah, looks like both were factors. And we wanted them to leave all their neighbors alone.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoOh I’m not going to say that pre-WW2 America was benevolent or anything like that. We bought Guam and the Philippines from Spain and were perfectly happy for France to have Vietnam. It’s a good clarification though, thanks.
I thought it was copper? Ah, looks like both were factors. And we wanted them to leave all their neighbors alone.
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Oh I’m not going to say that pre-WW2 America was benevolent or anything like that. We bought Guam and the Philippines from Spain and were perfectly happy for France to have Vietnam. It’s a good clarification though, thanks.