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By Harry Pot / Anefo - http://proxy.handle.net/10648/aa04ea68-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84, CC0, Wikimedia Commons The Duke of Edinburgh served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, and during that time, he found himself in a place that he was never meant to be: Tokyo Bay on VJ (Victory over Japan) Day in 1945. Just before midnight on 9 August, Japanese Emperor Hirohito convened the Supreme War Council. After a long debate and a proposal by Prime Minister Suzuki, Japan eventually accep...

SVB on Wine Monday, January 18, 2021     The Case to be Made for a Party  At the end of Prohibition in the U.S. the consumption of wine as measured, slowly grew until war was declared in 1941 and rationing took over everyday lives. Whiskey distilleries were repurposed to produce grain alcohol for torpedo fuel, which interestingly created unintended consequences of new cocktails for sailors and higher rum consumption in the U.S. Fifteen percent of total beer production was allocated to servic...

Did the Atomic Bomb End the Pacific War? The use of the atomic weapon must be seen as a continuation and a start: the nuclear continuation of the conventional terror bombing of Japanese civilians, and the start of a new “cold war.” Portside, August 2, 2020 Paul Ham Many historians and most lay people still believe the atomic destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the Pacific War. They claim with varying intensity that the Japanese regime surrendered unconditionally in response to the...