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🌴 Pacific Theater
The Last kamikaze: October 1945
Japan officially surrendered on September 2, 1945. But on October 18, 1945 — six weeks after the surrender — a Japanese pilot named Lieutenant Second Class Kazuo Odashima took off from Kanoya airfield in a Mitsubishi Ki-...
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🏚️ Civilian Experiences
The Small Town That Survived 7 Nazi Divisions
The town of Gorodnya in eastern Belarus survived German occupation for 887 days. What made it remarkable: it was surrounded by seven Nazi divisions during the peak of Operation Barbarossa, cut off from all resupply. The ...