V J Day

[sapper740]

Originally posted by cmperry4


I also had a moment's thought about that "Victory 'in' Japan" on History Ch. - sounds like creeping PC, which is why they have to bring up the internments as often as possible (or was that just the CBC?) - though I suppose the victorious detonation of two nukes was 'in' Japan.

Just a quick comment to those PC-ers who continually criticize the internment of Japanese Canadians and the use of atomic bombs ON Japan......how the Allies prosecuted the war on Japan and the Japanese was in direct response to horrible atrocities perpetrated by the Japanese on the people they conquered. Perhaps the memories of Nanking and Hong Kong were a little sharper during the war than they are now. I recommend to any revisionist commentators that they should read some of the multitude of great books chronicling the IJA's criminal activities. One of my personal favourites is "Desperate Siege: The Battle of Hong Kong" by Ted Ferguson. The sacrifices of the Royal Rifles and the Winnipeg Grenadiers shall not be forgotten by this Canadian!