PugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 7 months agoJapanese schoolgirls training with a machinegun for the anticipated American invasion of Japan, WW2, 1945media.kbin.socialimagemessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageJapanese schoolgirls training with a machinegun for the anticipated American invasion of Japan, WW2, 1945media.kbin.socialPugJesus@kbin.socialM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square74fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarealcoholicorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months ago*leave their neighbors for us to exploit America was still directly administering its empire in the pacific.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 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.
*leave their neighbors for us to exploit
America was still directly administering its empire in the pacific.
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.