What We Knew Before Pearl Harbor
The attack was a surprise; the war wasn’t.
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Tag Archives: japan
Broadsides and Suicides: How War Changed During Three Days
As two Post articles from 1945 explain, World War II saw the end of the age of the battleship and the beginning of the age of the suicide bomber.
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Earthquakes and the Human Will: Trying to Imagine the Incredible
If you thought the pictures of the earthquake in Japan were unbelievable, wait until you see the numbers.
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How The Future Looked Without The Bomb
Before the atomic bomb destroyed Hiroshima, America was preparing for, and dreading, a long, bloody invasion of Japan.
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