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TexasTowelie

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2. I wish that my father, who fought at Iwo Jima, was still alive.

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 03:14 AM

Jan 2021

Then I could ask him what argument was used to convince him and his fellow sailors to fight. I don't ever recall him using the word fascism during his 85 years--particularly the last thirty years when I was old enough to ask those type of questions.

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So, our armed forces, at Iwo Jima, was fighting against...fascism?? [View all] Roland99 Jan 2021 OP

A lot of books have been written about fascism in the 20s-40s. Eyeball_Kid Jan 2021 #1

I wish that my father, who fought at Iwo Jima, was still alive. TexasTowelie Jan 2021 #2

I'd always learned it was imperialism re: Japan Roland99 Jan 2021 #3

That, and racism . . . Journeyman Jan 2021 #5

My dad flew a fighter plane from an aircraft carrier. ananda Jan 2021 #8

Japan in the 30s-40s was ultranationalist and imperialist Ex Lurker Jan 2021 #4

Bottom line: while the Japanes during the WWII fighting were not technically Fascists they were abqtommy Jan 2021 #6

Not even close Kaleva Jan 2021 #9

From the 1860s on, the Japanese modeled themselves on the British Empire Klaralven Jan 2021 #7