Submitted by Jason McDonald on Fri, 2014-07-04 17:36
The cultural difference between the western notion of an honorable surrender and the Japanese notion of fight to the death was a big contribution to the ferocity of the Pacific War.
Submitted by Jason McDonald on Thu, 2014-07-03 22:18
On December 10, 1941, the 400-man garrison on Guam was overwhelmed by 5,000 Naval Marines of the Imperial Japanese Navy in a few hours of fighting. Guam would not be the scene of fighting again until 1944.
