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How to End a War: Part Four of Six

Submitted by KAMuston on Fri, 08/08/2008 - 06:05.

 

I was surprised to learn some years ago after actually reading the famous "Potsdam Declaration", issued in July 29, 1945, that it says nothing about Japan. The public statement released concerning Japan was the "Potsdam Statement", which was issued on July 26th.

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How to End a War: Part Two of Six

Submitted by KAMuston on Sun, 08/03/2008 - 07:22.

I am continually amazed that it wasn't until June 22nd, 1945, that the Emperor finally called a meeting of his ‘Big Six’ advisors. He told them openly for the first time , "I desire that concrete plans to end the war, unhampered by existing policy, be speedily studied and that efforts made to implement them." There was no talk of terms, and no effort to "push" the process.
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August Angst

Submitted by KAMuston on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 06:30.
 
I suppose you know that the month of August was named after Augustus Caesar, nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar, who was the namesake for July. But did you know that poor old February had to suffer because of it?
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July 21 in History

Submitted by jimstaro on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 07:42.

Brought to you as This week in History by Peace Buttons.

July 21, 1954

Major world powers, meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, reached agreement on the terms of a ceasefire for Indochina, ending nearly eight years of war. The war began in 1946 between nationalist forces of the Communist Viet Minh, under leader Ho Chi Minh, and France, the occupying colonial power following Japanese control during World War II.
The Geneva conference included France, the United Kingdom, the U.S., the U.S.S.R., People’s Republic of China, Cambodia, Laos, and both Vietnamese governments.

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The Cat Ate My (Soviet) Homework

Submitted by epppie on Tue, 09/04/2007 - 11:21.

I'm way overdue on a book report I'm supposed to do. It's not for school - it's for a publishing company.

It's on a very interesting book, called The Unknown Gulag, by Lynne Viola:
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History’s Quiet Footsteps

Submitted by Daveparts on Mon, 06/11/2007 - 16:13.

Al Gore commenting on the Supreme Court’s unprecedented decision and intrusion into Florida Election law in 2000 said, “I had to either accept the decision or continue to fight it which could have brought about a revolution.” He is right of course, and a revolution could have potentially cost thousands of lives and millions of dollars and thrown the nation into turmoil. Instead we had the peaceful if unlawful transference of power and what has that brought us since?

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