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03/17 – The Battle of Nanchang

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IJA troops move up alongside their Type-89 medium tanks during the initial offensive on Nanchang. (Pinterest) On this day in 1939, the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) launched a massive assault on Nanchang, the capital of China's Jiangxi province. Facing them were soldiers of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army, a worn down but well-armed force on…

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鋼の雨: The Battle of Okinawa

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US Marines engage IJA troops on Okinawa. (Britannica) By the spring of 1945, WWII was drawing to a close in Europe. The Axis in that region were either on the run (the Germans) or had already switched sides (the Italians). As Allied command began talking of dividing up liberated Europe in the wake of the…

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