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    Pakistan version of 'Red Arrows' of the UK....

    Hi All, I'm hoping I'm posting this in the correct place! My question is where the Air Force of Pakistan has its own version of say the British Red Arrows? If they do exist, what are they called, please? Many thanks, + Anthony
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    Why did Japan surrender?

    Hi there! Very interesting point ye make. The IJN did not exist pretty much after Medway - the IJAF had all but been destroyed or were in the throws of 'kamikazi-ism' to be any effective deterrent to the Allied invasions. However, as much as the Americans would have liked this to have been...
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    Why did Japan surrender?

    It is what the Allies had hoped for - BUT (don't ye just hate it when I 'but'!) .. the Japanese High Command had brainwashed Japanese citizens that they would be mistreated by the Allies and the bushido code forbade surrender - so the American tacticians were in it for a loss of million+...
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    Why did Japan surrender?

    Hi All, Ye certainly make a point about the fact that the Soviet Union declaring war on the Japanese Empire might have had an impact BUT in the Showa Emperor's address to the nation there was no mention of this. ALSO, historically to the beginning of the 20th Century the Japanese had taken...
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