A Conversation with Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

Noted historian Tsuyoshi Hasegawa discusses his fascinating new book "Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan" with Jack Talbot (Professor of History, UCSB). By fully integrating the three key actors in the story--the United States, the Soviet Union, and Japan--Hasegawa puts the last months of the war into international perspective. Series: "Voices" [2/2006] [Humanities] [Show ID: 11423]

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[mouseinacoffeecup]

Never trust the americans on history, they always lie.

Find out the truth for yourself.

[dartoolee]

Because of the same fear of fast expansion of communistic powers in Asia, General MacArthur asked CKS' ROC Regime to come to Taiwan to accept the surrender of Japan forces, without the consent of Taiwan residents. Like Ryukyu islands, Taiwan then was a part of Japan territory, but Taiwan fell into a different fate and thousands of innocent Taiwan residents were then butchered by ROC soldiers from China in 1947.

I think US government has knowingly and willfully ignored Taiwan 228 Massacre.

[history70]

Unless you read "Japan's Longest Day", by the Pacific War Research Society, you don't know enough to make informed decisions on this topic. Try it and see.

[jaydee040]

This guy knows his stuff and has years of study and research to draw from, it doesn't fit with US pop culture though.

[dartoolee]

Please read a brief description of "228 Incident" about the Taiwan 228 Massacre in 1947 at Wikipedia. Thanks for your concern!

[Aliea5c]

However, the Bolsheviks killed more people that made up the USSR and its newly acquired territories than any other country in the entire world.

[Aliea5c]

What was 228 Massacre? Why did Republic of China military-government forces commit this?

[Xenu]

You're an idiot.

[TherealMrChristophel]

but not many lie about killing 200 000 innocent civilians.

[sharingundragon]

all country's lie my friend.

[BattousaiOfChaos]

Interesting. Well the Russians did kill more Nazis than every other country combined times 4.

This new perspective on the Japanese surrender seems highly plausible.