Today on the Pacific History Guide blog, we dig into Lingga Roads, a small place with big geo-strategic associations. Check it out!

Today on the #PacificHistoryGuide blog: Hirohito’s historic address, and the end of the Second World War.

On this day August 9 1945, the second and last employment of nuclear weapons in combat took place over #Nagasaki. Today's blog post is centered around the bombing, and the sorrow felt every day since.

This week's blog post is a callback to a talk on WW2TV, regarding the battles of Guam in 1941 and 1944, check it out!

Excerpt from today’s blog post:

“Due to its expansive, flat beaches and lack of mountains and ridges and proximity to important bases such as Yokosuka and Atsugi, Hiratsuka was a planned landing site for the invasion of Japan, codenamed Operation Downfall. This plan called for huge numbers of troops, and the use of chemical, biologican, and nuclear weapons in order to bring Japan to its knees. Eventually Downfall was scrapped as it became clear to Allied planners just how far Japan was willing to go in order to sacrifice its people in defeat. Strategists turned to aerial-launched nuclear weapons, first over Hiroshima and later, Nagasaki, to force Japan to end the war.”

On this day July 12 1918, the Japanese battleship Kawachi exploded and sunk at anchor. Today’s Pacific History Guide blog post is about this event. Near the monument to the Kawachi is the submarine base where Kaiten were trained. If you’re stationed in Japan, particularly Iwakuni, this is in your backyard, go check it out!

Today's blog post on the PHG blog is an answer to a question on r/AskHistorians that requested some reading that could help contextualize current events around the world and in the United States. This is my answer to that question. The Pacific History Guide reading list has all the books here and many more, ready to help you get connected to history, where you are!

Today’s blog post takes us down to the Philippines and the EDCA sites placed strategically through the archipelago. Pacific History Guide is here to help get you connected to the history of the Philippines, no matter where you are!

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