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abqtommy

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6. Bottom line: while the Japanes during the WWII fighting were not technically Fascists they were

Reply to Roland99 (Original post)

Thu Jan 7, 2021, 10:22 AM

Jan 2021

close enough that they were allied with European Fascists in Germany, Italy and other parts of Europe.
So yes, U.S. troops fighting in the Pacific Theater were fighting the Japanese and the Fascist Axis.
And remember that The Axis lost. Now here in 2021 we have to make sure that they lose again!

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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