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Questions related to aspects of World War II (1939-1945 AD). An international conflict whose major participants were the fascist countries of Germany, Italy, and Japan engaged against the allied nations of the UK, France, China, the USSR, and the USA. The conflict began with the German invasion of Poland and formally ended with the American victory over Japan.
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Did Imperial Japan persecute Slavic people, as European fascists did?
No, they did not.
Imperial Japan never subscribed to the racial ideology of the Nazis. Instead, like many in East Asia at the time, they adopted a somewhat self-deprecating racial attitude; as they en …
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What were Stilwell's plans had his coup succeeded?
Joseph Stilwell, the caustic American Chief of Staff assigned to Chiang Kai-Shek, famously clashed with his superior over the prosecution of war in the China-Burma-India theatre. Things came to a head …
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What were Chiang Kai-shek's biggest strategic blunders during the Second Sino-Japanese war?
Picking the biggest blunder for Chiang is hard because ultimately, for WWII, the Chinese theatre was not decisive. The war was decided by naval battles in the Pacific, and to a lesser extent, the late …
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Why is the Jewel Voice Broadcast called that?
"Jewel Voice" is most likely an overly-literal translation of 玉音放送. A better translation might be "(The) Emperor's Voice".
The 玉 character means "jade", which can also be translated as "jewel". But j …
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Why didn't Japan attack communist China in WW2?
Remoteness
Shaanxi is very remote, in the deep interior of China, which is hard to fight in. The Japanese never attacked Chongqing either. (Chongqing was bombed, but so was Yan'an.) Progress into thi …
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What were the American-equipped armies of Nationalist China equipped with?
During the latter years of WWII, the US equipped and trained a number of Chinese (Kuomintang) armies to fight the Japanese. Initially the Chinese armies were greatly inferior, armed with bolt-action r …
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During World War II, were there any parts of the Japanese overseas empire that was capable o...
Manchukuo would have been fully self-sufficient, at least for small arms.
Located within this puppet state was the Mukden Arsenal, which produced an eclectic mix of arms including rifles like the Ari …
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"You Are Now Entering the X Sector"
Sector is a mathematical word meaning a portion of a circle bounded by two radii and an arc. This is the meaning used by the "X sector" signage in occupied Berlin, as the various Allied occupation zon …
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Were there documented battles of opposing air aces in World War II?
One example was a duel between Saburō Sakai, IJN fighter ace with 28 official aerial victories, and Pug Southerland, USN fighter ace with 5 victories. At the time Southerland was not an ace yet, howev …
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What were officers' casualty rates among the major powers of WWII?
Out of the major powers of WWII (Germany/Japan/Italy, USSR/US/UK/China, perhaps others), what were their officers' casualty rates? Were any unusually low or high?
Officers are important parts of armi …
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How economically profitable for Nazi Germany were the occupied countries in Western Europe?
Wikipedia gives a good overview of GDP of belligerents, including those occupied by Germany. From this table, it is clear that the economic contribution of occupied nations was significant, this ratio …
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Was There a Specified Period Between Declaring War and Attacking Before World War II?
The legality of a declaration of war was outlined in the Hague Convention of 1907, treaty (III). Article 2 deals with the timing:
The existence of a state of war must be notified to the neutral Po …
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Why did carrier battle groups require multiple carriers?
During the Pacific War, both USN and IJN operated (or at least preferred to) carrier battle groups composed of multiple carriers plus their screening ships. IJN's Kidō Butai - which carried out the as …
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When and why was the Shinkolobwe Mine flooded and re-opened?
I believe the commenters are on the money; the mine was unimportant and became naturally flooded. My guess is:
The mine was closed in 1939 and flooded.
This sentence is badly written in a way th …
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Why did the Tripartite Pact take so long to sign?
This is answered in the Wikipedia article lede: The Tripartite Pact was directed primarily at the United States. Since the US finally entered WWII in late 1941, the pact can be considered very early, …
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