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Amazons of the Pacific Theater
Filipina American Veterans: Recovering the Extraordinary Feats of the Ordinary Pinays
The Legacy of the Asian Women Soldier
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Defendants of Khabarovsk War Crime
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Establishing Manchukuo
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Plan Kantokuen and Bacteriological Warfare
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Three Stages of Interrogations
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Marutas of Unit 731 - Guide
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How did Ishii Shiro start unit 731?
A Beta Testing Site
Establishing Pingfan
Experiences at the Human Experimentation Complex
Vivisection at the Unit 731
Anta Testing Grounds
Overall Advance from the Laboratory Creations
The End of the War
Prince Konoe Memoir - Guide
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Who is Prince Konoe?
Preparation to Tripartite Pact
Emperor Hirohito and Prince Konoe
The End of Prince Konoe
Competing Empires in Burma - Guide
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What was the China-Burma-India Theater?
When did the China-Burma-India Theater Happen?
Who Fought in the China-Burma-India Theater?
The Second Sino Japanese War
Japan in the South
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Battle of Shanghai - Guide
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The First Battle of Shanghai 1932
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Ishi Shiro - Guide
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History of Biological Weapons and The Young Ishii Shiro
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Japan’s Imperialist Origins
Japan’s Competition against the West: Nanshin-ron and Hokushin-ron
Japanese Imperialism Through the Lens of French Indochina
The U.S.-Japan Relations and the Pearl Harbor Attack
Hunger for Power and Self-SufficiencyI - Guide
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The Influence of War Rations on Post-War Culinary Transformations
How World War II Complicated Food Scarcity and Invention
American Military Innovations
Government-Sponsored Food Inventions in Europe during World War II
Feeding the Army: The Adaptation of Japanese Military Cuisine and Its Impact on the Philippines
Mixed Dishes: Culinary Innovations Driven by Necessity and Food Scarcity
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Apologies for war Crimes
Celebrating Injustice- The Yasukuni Shrine vs. The Confederate Flag
Is Japan Truly Sorry
Has Japan Really Apologized for WW2 Atrocities?
The Rape of Nanking: Controversy and Coverups
COMFORT WOMEN
The Remaining Sites of Comfort Stations
Zhuang Xian Tu's Story pt. 1
Zhuang Xian Tu's Story pt. 2
Facts on Comfort Women
The Inconvenient Truth of Comfort Women
Unveiling Ceremony of the Women's Column of Strength Memorial
Bok-Dong "Grandma" Passed Away
Life of Kim Bok-dong Halmoni*
The "Comfort Women": Movement for Redress
Peace Girl - A Statue of Peace
평화의 소녀상
What if it was me? The Debate about the "Comfort Women"
DECOLONIZATION & independence
The Timeline of the Decolonization of Asia Post WW2
The Rise of Loatian Nationalism During WW2
The Philippines Struggle for Independence
India's Independence Amidst WWII
Timeline of India's Independence
ENTERTAINMENT & WAR
Critically-Acclaimed World War II Films
World Cup During World War II
Shoe Politics: The Founding of Adidas and Puma and its Roots in WWII
Hidden History Behind the Soundtrack of Crazy Rich Asians
Literature about WWII
A Review of the Burmese Harp
Racialized “Superheroes” and Villains in DC Comics during WWII
Germany's Anti-American Propaganda in Shanghai
ECONOMY & WAR
The Japanese Economy After WWII
Zaibatsu- Japanese Business Conglomerate During WWII
FOOD INVENTION IN WAR
Food and Snacks Invention Related to Pacific Asia War: Part 1 - MOMOFUKU ANDO AND THE REVOLUTIONARY INSUTANTO-RĀMEN [INSTANT RAMEN]
Food and Snacks Invention Related to Pacific Asia War: Part 2 - World War 2 and the Invention of Energy Bar
Food and Snacks Invention Related to Pacific Asia War: Part 3 - Nutella: How Rationing Created an Italian Sweets Empire
Food and Snacks Invention Related to Pacific Asia War: Part 4 - The U.S. Military and the Invention of Cheetos
Food and Snacks Invention Related to Pacific Asia War: Part 5 - World War II- A Short Story of Bread
Fortune Cookies and the American Identity
IMMIGRATION
Asian American Immigration Timeline
The Theory of Immigration
The Vietnamese Boat People: A Story of Trials and Tribulations
Asian American Women in Space- Their accomplishments and legacy
The Best We Could Do
Little Saigons in America- A Home Away From Home
JAPANESE Wartime PROPAGANDA
Censorship and Oppression in Wartime Japan
Visual Puppeteer: Japanese Propaganda During World War II
JAPANESE ROYAL FAMILY
Emperor Hirohito Before and After the War
The Story of Chichibu-no-miya Yasuhito Shinnō [秩父宮雍仁親王]
LEADERS OF PACIFIC WAR
The Timeline of Prince Konoe's Life
A Pariah of Singapore: General Henry Gordon Bennett
Lee Kuan Yew and the Occupation of Singapore
SLAVE LABOR
Would You Have Accepted an Apology from Mitsubishi?
Corporate Slave Labor During World War II
SouthEAST ASIA IN WWII
U.S. vs. Britain- Debates on Post-WWII Negotiations for Thailand
The Repositioning of Power: A Brief History of the Thai Monarchy Pre and Post WWII
The Fall of Singapore- An Unprecedented Defeat of the British Empire in the Pacific
POWs of the Fall of Singapore
Education in Singapore During Japanese Occupation
The Building of Thailand-Burma Railroad aka "Death Railroad"
The Legend of the Golden Lily Operation
Yamashita’s Gold: 70 years of Wish-Fulfillment, Treasure Hunting, and a Controversial Lawsuit
Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Act of 2009
Six Highlights from India's Independence Day of 2019
The Formation of French Indochina
India’s Involvement in World War II
Malabar Famine Under British Occupation
Why Did Japan Attack So Many Southeast Asian Countries in World War II?
MILITARY TACTICS IN WWII
Island Hopping: A Brief Overview
The Underground Philippines Resistance
The Plight of the Guerrilla Forces in the Philippines During World War II
The Burma Campaign
Housing Nihon- How Thailand Became a Base for the Imperial Japanese Army and the Axis of Power
Southeast Asian Countries and the Imperial Takeover (Part II)
Seri Thai Movement (เสรีไทย) : Covert Operations in Southeast Asia
The Malayan Campaign & Japanese Blitzkrieg
The American Preparation for War in the Philippines
The Battle for Burma
POWs of the Fall of Singapore
Philippines Battles in World War II
Finding Freedom: William McGarry and His Rescue by the Free Thai Movement
The Battle of the Sittang Bridge and Its Implications for the Burmese Conquest
An Overview of Thailand's Participation in WW2
The Beginning of Biological Warfare in the U.S.
The Time United States Recruited Volunteers from the Army for Science Experimentation-- No, Captain America Wasn't Created
A Deadly Retreat from Burma: The Failure of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in 1942
The Four Fronts of World War 2 Military Tactics
MODERN
CHINESE & Taiwanese History
October 10th and the Founding of Modern China
3 Years 8 Months I- Japan Declares War on the World
The Mukden Incident 9/18
The History of the Flying Tigers
JOHN RABE, A NAZI WHO SAVED THE INNOCENTS
How Much of China did Japan Control at its Greatest Extent?
Canadian Forces in the Battle of Hong Kong 1941
War Memory of the Chinese Expeditionary Force
How Opium War, Colonization, Trade War, Opioid Crisis, Fentanyl, and Cryptocurrency Shaped the Global Trade in the Modern World (Part 2)
Triads and the Making of Modern Chinese History
Jews in Shanghai during World War 2
Taiwanese Experience in WW2
Moving KMT to Taiwan
TERRITORIAL DISPUTES
A Timeline of Diaoyutai vs. Senkaku Islands
UNIT 731
Quick Facts on Unit 731
The Forgotten Asian Auschwitz
Unit 731- The Secret Japanese Military Testing Facility for Biological Warfare
Forced Pregnancy of Unit 731
Marutas in Manchuria: Imperial Japanese Biological Warfare, 1931-1945
Background of Unit 731
Poem Written By a Former Employee of Unit 731
Members of Unit 731
Unit 731 Map Found by the Soviet Union
Auschwitz and Unit 731 at a Glance
Russian Victims of Unit 731: From Expatriates to Experiments
The Khabarovsk War Crimes Trial - Unearthing Biological Warfare in WWII
The Khabarovsk War Crimes Trial - Unearthing Biological Warfare in WWII (continued)
VEXILLOLOGY
Nazi Flag vs. Rising Sun Flag
Why the Use of the Rising Sun Flag is Frowned Upon
What Does the Rising Sun Flag Mean?
To Collect, Donate, or Vilify: What Do People Do with Offensive Wartime Memorabilia?
WWII WAR CRIMES
Japanese Occupation of the Dutch East Indies and the Colijn Sisters
DEATHS IN SYONAN: THE SOOK CHING MASSACRE
The Bataan Death March
Intro to Cannibalism in the Pacific
Torture, Execution, and Cannibalism on Chichi Jima, and George HW Bush's Narrow Escape
The Japanese Imperial Government Disclosure Act of 2000
Administrations of “Justice:” Unlawful Executions of Allied Soldiers
Biological Agents Used by the Japanese in World War II
Japanese Use of Poison Gas in World War II
WWII WARFARE
Canadian Forces in the Battle of Hong Kong 1941
The Forgotten Front: World War II in India
How Much of China did Japan Control at its Greatest Extent?
The American Preparation for War in the Philippines
The Battle for Burma
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
POWs of the Fall of Singapore
Battle of Midway
Philippines Battles in World War II
U.S. Pre-War Doubts on the Success of Biological Warfare
Japan’s Unofficial War with China
Biological Warfare - The Deadlier Alternative to Nuclear Warfare
WOMEN IN WAR
Filipina Resistance Fighters: Women’s Contributions to the Liberation of the Philippines, 1942-1945
5 Badass Pinays You've Never Heard of
6 Facts to Share About Women During World War II
Chinese Americans in the Women Airforce Service Pilots WASP Program
The Nisei WACs: The Combination of a Japanese Linguist and an American Soldier
Miscellaneous
Why the Refugee Crisis is America's "Never Again"
Timeline of the Pacific Asia War in WWII
What You Need to Know About Syrian Refugees and the United States
Open Letter to the UN Security Council Members
Black History Month: Recognizing African American Efforts in Building the Ledo Road
The Basics of the San Francisco Peace Treaty
Literature about WW2
A Review of The Burmese Harp
World War 2 and the Progress of the LGBTQ Culture: The Queer Soldier
Asian American Women in Space- Their Accomplishments and legacy
How Opium War, Colonization, Trade War, Opioid Crisis, Fentanyl, and Cryptocurrency Change the Global Trade in the Modern World (Introduction)
Post World War II Japan Reflected through Marie Kondo
Three Examples of Martial Law Imposed on US Soil
Peace and Justice in Our Time: Overdue Lessons from the Last World War
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Unit 731 - Guide
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Background of Biochemical Warfare Development
Imperial Japan's Chemical Warfare Development Program
Map of Unit 731
Personnel of Unit 731
Duties of Unit 731
Human Experimentation
[GRAPHIC] Germ Warfare Attacks
Cover Ups After the War
[OLD] Cover Ups After the War
Philippines' Resistance - Guide
>
Philippines World War II Timeline
The Japanese Invasion & Conquest of the Philippines
Bataan Death March
Formation of Underground Philippines Resistance
Supplies of the Guerrilla Fighters
The Hukbalahap
Hunter's ROTC
Marking's Guerrillas
United States Army Forces in the Philippines of Northern Luzon (USAFIP-NL)
The Aetas
Chinese and Filipino-Chinese Nationalist Guerrilla Units
The Female Faces of the Philippine Guerrillas
Rising Sun Flag - Guide
>
History of the Rising Sun Flag
Atrocities Committed Under the Flag
Rising Sun Flag in Pop Culture
Pinay Guerrilleras - Guide
>
Japanese Occupation of the Philippine Islands: Pinays Answering the Call to Arms
The Fierce Heneralas and Kumanders of the Hukbalahap Guerrillas
Amazons of the Pacific Theater
Filipina American Veterans: Recovering the Extraordinary Feats of the Ordinary Pinays
The Legacy of the Asian Women Soldier
Fall of Singapore - Guide
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Singapore World War II Timeline
History of World War II in the Pacific
History of Singapore
Japan's Conquest in Asia
Japan's Invasion of the Malay Peninsula
Sook Ching Massacre
Double Tenth Incident
Social Changes and Challenges in Singapore
Voices from Syonan
Return to British Rule
Three Years and Eight Months - Guide
>
Hong Kong before WW2
Buildup to World War 2
The Battle of Hong Kong
Life during 3 Years and 8 Months
East River Column Guerrilla Fighters
Prisoners of War Camps
End of Japanese Occupation
War Crimes Trials
Siamese Sovereignty - Guide
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The Land of Smiles
The Thai-Japanese Relationship
Phibun’s Domestic and International Policies
The Free Thai Resistance Movement
Post WW2 Aftermath of Thailand
The Khabarovsk War Crimes Trial - Guide
>
Defendants of Khabarovsk War Crime
The Japanese Empire and USSR in WW2
The Employment of the Bacteriological Weapon in the War
Planning of Japan invasion to USSR
Unit 731 Cover-up : The Operation Paperclip of the East - Guide
>
Establishing Manchukuo
The Development of Unit 731
Plan Kantokuen and Bacteriological Warfare
The Downfall of the Japanese WW2 Era
Three Stages of Interrogations
Lasting Impacts
Marutas of Unit 731 - Guide
>
How did Ishii Shiro start unit 731?
A Beta Testing Site
Establishing Pingfan
Experiences at the Human Experimentation Complex
Vivisection at the Unit 731
Anta Testing Grounds
Overall Advance from the Laboratory Creations
The End of the War
Prince Konoe Memoir - Guide
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Who is Prince Konoe?
Preparation to Tripartite Pact
Emperor Hirohito and Prince Konoe
The End of Prince Konoe
Competing Empires in Burma - Guide
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What was the China-Burma-India Theater?
When did the China-Burma-India Theater Happen?
Who Fought in the China-Burma-India Theater?
The Second Sino Japanese War
Japan in the South
Operation U-Go
Battle of Shanghai - Guide
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The Battle of Shanghai. Background
Shanghai Before War
The First Battle of Shanghai 1932
Battle of Shanghai 1937
Aftermath of Battle for Shanghai
Ishi Shiro - Guide
>
History of Biological Weapons and The Young Ishii Shiro
Establishment in Manchuria
Pingfang District - Harbin
Failures and Corruption
Post War
Taiwan The Israel of the East - Guide
>
Background of Formosa
Industrialization of Japan
China During WWII
Taiwan under Kuomintang
New Taiwanese National Identity
Seeking Justice for Biological Warfare Victims of Unit 731 - Guide
>
Introduction of Wang Xuan
Colonel Memorandum
The Beginning of Biological Warfare
The Bacteriological Warfare on China
Victims in Zhejiang’s Testimonies
After the War
Rice and Revolution - Guide
>
The French Colonial Period
Anti-Colonial Resistance
The Rise of the Communist Movement
Imperial Japan’s Entry into Indochina
The Portents of Famine
The Famine (1944-45)
Legacy of the 1944-45 Vietnam Famine
Clash of Empires - Guide
>
Japan’s Imperialist Origins
Japan’s Competition against the West: Nanshin-ron and Hokushin-ron
Japanese Imperialism Through the Lens of French Indochina
The U.S.-Japan Relations and the Pearl Harbor Attack
Hunger for Power and Self-SufficiencyI - Guide
>
The Influence of War Rations on Post-War Culinary Transformations
How World War II Complicated Food Scarcity and Invention
American Military Innovations
Government-Sponsored Food Inventions in Europe during World War II
Feeding the Army: The Adaptation of Japanese Military Cuisine and Its Impact on the Philippines
Mixed Dishes: Culinary Innovations Driven by Necessity and Food Scarcity
Denial A Quick Look of History of Comfort Women and Present Days’ Complication - Guide
>
The Comfort Women System and the Fight for Recognition
The Role of Activism and International Pressure
The Controversy over Japanese History Textbooks
The Sonyŏsang Statue and the Symbolism of Public Memorials
Activism and Support from Japanese Citizens
The Future of Comfort Women Memorials and Education
Echoes of Empire: The Power of Japanese Propaganda - Guide
>
Brief Overview of Imperial Japan
Defining Propaganda
Propaganda Encouraging Action
The Rise of Nationalism
The Formation of Japanese State Propaganda
Youth and Education
Lesson Plans
>
Reparations
Ethics in Science
Writing the Narrative of a Pinay Fighter
Privilege Journal
Environmental Injustices
Female Guerrillas
Hunter's ROTC
Scientific Advancements
Seeking Justice: A Humanities Lesson Plan
The Hukbalahap
Trading Immunity
Bataan Death March
Biochemical Warfare Development
Contribute