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alojapan.com/1312426/japans-em Japan’s Emperor Vows to Honor WWII POWs Detained in Mongolia #detained #emperor #honor #in #Japan #JapanNews #Japans #mongolia #news #pows #to #vows #wwii In a significant and heartfelt gesture, Japan’s Emperor Naruhito recently expressed his intention to honor the memory of Japanese prisoners of war (POWs) who were detained in Mongolia following World War II. This announcement marks an important acknowledgment of a lesser-known chapter in hi…

alojapan.com/1311892/from-okin ‘From Okinawa with Love’: A revealing documentary about a true original #documentaries #HiroshiSunairi #JapaneseFilm #MaoIshikawa #Okinawa #OkinawaTopics #photography #wwii #沖縄 The standard procedure for making a documentary about a living person is to interview those who know the subject as a friend, enemy or somewhere in between to get a multifaceted and objective portrait. And if the film is critical rather than adulatory, the subject may…

Versailles, 28 June 1919: the Treaty is concluded 5 years to the day after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand

The sender & recipient is Parisian bookseller & publisher Louis Dorbon (1878-1956). The firm of Dorbon-aîné, which flourished from 1900 to the beginning of #WWII

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The great Dunkirk evacuation of 338K Allied troops has overshadowed Operation Aerial, which rescued 190K via the western Atlantic ports. It ended 25 June 1940--when the terms of the French surrender went into effect. The ships ranged from cruisers to merchant vessels #WWII
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alojapan.com/1306807/okinawa-m Okinawa marks 80th anniversary of end of ferocious ground battle #BattleOfOkinawa #DennyTamaki #futenma #Henoko #news #Okinawa #OkinawaNews #ShigeruIshiba #U.S.BASES #U.S.MILITARY #U.S.JapanRelations #wwii #沖縄 Okinawa on Monday marked the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa, one of the final land battles of World War II, with solemn reflections on the sacrifices made by the island’s residents, promises to further reduce the b…

J'ai parlé des plaies du XXe siècle avec les stagiaires de seconde. l'un d'entre eux a parlé de son grand-père, qui a reçu un "billet vert" mais ne s'est pas rendu à la convocation.
J'ai trouvé plus d'info :
"La machine infernale se met en branle en mai 1941. Ce mois-là, à Paris, des agents frappent aux portes de quelque 6500 foyers juifs. A ceux qui leur ouvrent, les policiers tendent un papier plié comme un pneumatique, et s'en vont aussitôt. Le document remis - le «billet vert», comme on l'appelle en raison de sa couleur vert pomme - est une convocation à se rendre, dès le lendemain matin, dans trois lieux précis de la capitale : la caserne Napoléon, celle des Minimes ou le gymnase Japy. Lorsque la personne arrive sur place, les policiers lui confisquent ses papiers d'identité, avant de la faire monter dans un autobus... trois mille sept cents juifs tombent ainsi dans le piège du billet vert."
geo.fr/histoire/occupation-la-
#TIL #WWII

Geo.fr · Occupation : la police française, précieuse alliée du IIIe ReichBy Cyril Guinet

alojapan.com/1306152/okinawa-l Okinawa locals wary as SDF presence grows amid China threat #China #defense #DefenseMinistry #Okinawa #OkinawaTopics #SDF #Taiwan #wwii #沖縄 While Okinawa Prefecture marks 80 years since the end of the intense fighting there in the late stage of World War II, Japan is boosting its Self-Defense Forces’ presence in the prefecture amid China’s increasing military activities. The Defense Ministry has launched new units in and around the island pre…