World War II Forgotten Facts: How Imperial Japan Tried to Seize Alaska
The Japanese invasion led the U.S. military to forcibly evacuate more than 800 Aleut natives remaining on the other Aleutian islands to an internment camp in Juneau, Alaska.
Here s What You Need To Remember: As a consequence of the inconclusive skirmish, the Japanese Navy ceased sending surface ships to resupply the garrisons on Kiska and Attu, and switched to submarine-only deliveries. This drastically curtailed the supply situation on the Japanese-held islands, and the garrisons began to suffer from low morale and malnutrition.
There has been growing concern in recent years over the state of U.S. Arctic defenses. In fact, few Americans remember that Alaskan islands seized by Japanese forces remain one of the only cases in which enemy forces successfully occupied U.S. territory during the 20th century.
China has no scruples about supplying Pakistan with state-of-the art weapons systems.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The Pakistan-China relationship makes sense: China would like an ally in the region to help balance against India while Pakistan needs a foreign supplier of weapons and weapons technology.
The Pakistan-China defense relationship has progressively deepened since Pakistan’s relationship with the United States began fraying in recent years. These two Chinese-derived tanks illustrate the Chinese-Pakistan arms relationship.
Al-Zarrar
The Al-Zarrar tank is a Pakistani-operated variant of China’s Type 59 main battle tank, which is itself a copy of the Soviet Union’s T-54 tank.
We Will Sink Your Ships: China s Plan in Case of War at Sea
Over 150 H-6 long-range strategic bombers armed with YJ-12 anti-ship missiles, all located on Woody Island, is a strong warning.
Here s What You Need To Remember: Basing H-6 bombers in the South China Sea region sends a message to all of China s would-be rivals.
In a photo posted recently to Twitter, several H-6Js a long-range strategic bomber in service with the People’s Liberation Army Navy was seen on Woody Island. Though administered by China, the island, the largest of the Paracel Islands, is also claimed by both Taiwan and Vietnam. Here’s why that matters.
The Chonma-ho is old but it s almost completely domestically manufactured.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The Chonma-ho is an attempt to narrow the United States’ and South Korea’s armor edge.
This might be the DPRK’s most advanced tank though it s based on tech from the 1960s.
Self-reliance
North Korea attempts to be as self-reliant as possible, and tries to provide itself with its own home-grown weapon designs. This desire to independently produce weapons probably stems from North Korea’s self-perception as a former client state of both China and the Soviet Union, and the DPRK s subsequent abandonment by both countries.
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