... beach were established. The Nazis also had some tricks up their sleeves. The incredibly cheap and effective V-1 and V-2s were created, amongst other things. The German Fieseler FZG-76 (V-1) flying bomb had a range of 150 miles, traveling at a speed of 410 mph carrying 1,870 lbs of high explosives. The German Peenemunde A-4 (V-2) ballistic missile had 70,000 lbs of thrust, carrying 2,450 ... with a range of 185 miles. Along with these missiles, Hitler also had good naval support. U-boats were fitted with the Schnorkel, a device first appearing in the Atlantic. With this retractable pipe ...

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... awoke to an attack on December 7th, 1941. A massive attack by the Japanese was unleashed upon the U.S. in the Hawaiian Islands at Pearl Harbor. "I was sixteen years old, employed as a pipe fitter apprentice at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. On December 7, 1941, oh, around 8:00 a.m., my grandmother woke me. She informed me that the Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor. I said, "they're ... Relocation Authority (WRA). 16 year old, John Garcia, remembers when he had heard that his girlfriends house had been hit with a shell, and he was told that it was a Japanese Bomb. He later found out that it wa...

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... Yalu River. Fortress of Port Arthur (Lushun) stormed. After the war, Japan seizes Taiwan and S. Manchuria. 1910 Annexation of Korea. 1926 Hirohito becomes Emperor. 1931 Sept.18 - "The Mukden Incident" - Bomb explodes under Japanese-owned express train in Manchuria (planted by Japanese secret agents); Japanese troops proceed to occupy all Manchuria. 1932 Chinese boycott of Japanese goods leads to the "Battle ... (Japanese) cut off their breasts to reveal their white ribs; sometimes Japanese pierce through their lower body with bayonets, let them cry in pain! Sometimes they sticks wooden ...

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