Although Australia and New Zealand are no longer colonies of the United Kingdom, they are still basically brothers of the United Kingdom. The relationship between the two countries is very close. In most cases, in some respects, the British decision is that of Australia and New Zealand.
New Zealand's decision.
Moreover, Australia and New Zealand are Liu Fu's next development direction, so Australia is also a target of attention. However, relying on the naval strength of Australia and New Zealand, Liu Fu really doesn't take it seriously, so he treats these two
The degree of attention the country attaches to it is just attention.
Apart from British India and Australia, only Korea and Japan are left. If Korea is a country that will not waste words and water, then only Japan is left.
In fact, Liu Fu admires Japan very much (admire, not like, many people are proud to hate Japan, as if if they don’t hate Japan, if they don’t criticize Japan, they are not Chinese, and they use this to demand everyone around them. But if possible
If so, you can go to these people's homes and take a look at the electrical appliances they use, the cars they drive, the comics and movies they read, and the destinations they plan to travel to. Is it true that they have reached the level of hate?
It’s hard to say. And in Chinese history, not only the Japanese have caused us a lot of harm and humiliation, but the British, French, Americans, and Russians have also bullied us. But why do we only hate Japan and deliberately
What about those countries that were ignored? I can’t answer this question.) With the unity and sincere cooperation of the entire nation, not only did they dominate Asia for a while, but even Britain and the United States were beaten into confusion.
The author has heard a story, the truth of which needs to be verified by everyone. During World War II, due to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the ruling party and the opposition party in the United States voted together, and with only one abstention, they unanimously approved the declaration of war against Japan.
motion, this congressman who abstained from voting is really a man!!!
Because the anti-Japanese sentiment of the American people was too high at that time, the U.S. government broke through the limits of a democratic and free government and ordered all Japanese Americans to be arrested and imprisoned in concentration camps.
Many Americans have lived in the United States for several generations and do not even speak Japanese. In contrast, Americans have a completely opposite attitude towards Germany. In the United States, German-Americans are the second largest ethnic group.
An interesting thing happened in these concentration camps where hundreds of thousands of Japanese were imprisoned. The older generation of Japanese immigrants still loved their motherland, Japan, very much in their hearts. They would rather be imprisoned in the concentration camps than face it.
The United States declared war on Japan. Their descendants, those Japanese-Americans born in the United States, love the United States. They consider themselves Americans and resolutely defend the interests of the United States.
As a result, in the concentration camps, a large number of second- and third-generation Japanese Americans asked to join the U.S. military to fight for their country, and a hunger strike broke out. This incident alarmed the U.S. government, which responded to these Japanese Americans.
They were also skeptical, so they formed a battalion with the attitude of giving it a try. However, since no division was willing to accept this battalion, the battalion became an independent battalion, designated as the 100th Battalion.
After a short period of training, the US military sent this battalion to the front line. Of course, it did not dare to send it to the Pacific front line to directly face the Japanese army. Instead, it sent it to the Italian battlefield on the European front line. As a result, the combat effectiveness of this 100th battalion was extremely
The battalion was strong and had repeatedly made military exploits in many fierce battles. It was no weaker than their German opponents. As a result, this battalion began to be welcomed and was incorporated into a US military division, the 34th Division.
During World War II in the United States, racial discrimination was still very strong. All the soldiers fighting on the front line were white soldiers, whether in the navy or the army. Black people could only participate in the war in the logistics force or the second line. However, at that time, there was the 92nd Division of the US Army.
The nickname is "Rainbow Division" because there is a black regiment in this division.
The 100th Battalion of Japanese Americans fighting on the Italian frontline completely broke the white people's concept of other races at that time. At the beginning, because the Japanese Americans of the 100th Battalion were very short, the European US military called them "Marmot Camp"
, but their fighting power alarmed the U.S. government, so they gathered 4,000 Japanese-Americans in the concentration camp to form a regiment, designated the 442nd Regiment.
The 442nd Regiment was initially sent to the Italian front line, and during the Anzio landing, it successfully rescued the U.S. Army that had been surrounded by the Germans. In the European battlefield at that time, whether it was the U.S. Army, the British Army or the Soviet Red Army, there was only this 442nd Regiment.
The regiment can fight the German Army one-on-one in an organized confrontation, while the armies of other countries can only fight against the German Army when they have a numerical advantage.
This situation was discovered by the then Allied Commander-in-Chief Eisenhower, so he transferred the regiment to the French front line and became a fire brigade throughout the French front line. It would go to wherever there was a war crisis, and the casualty rate was extremely high, often killing one person.
There are only a few people left in the queue.
Due to the heroic fighting of these Japanese-Americans, they set a record of the highest honors since the founding of the US military 200 years ago. In just over two years of existence, they received more than 18,000 medals of various kinds, and served seven times as president.
The 1st Marine Division, the first ace division of the US military, has only received the Presidential Collective Commendation twice in its history of hundreds of years, while the 101st Airborne Division has slightly more, winning it three times.
After the victory in World War II, President Truman ordered the Department of Defense to review a unit on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House. The requirements for this unit were the most medals and the highest casualty rate. At that time, there were more than 10 million U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force soldiers.
Among them, the one that meets these two conditions is the 442nd Regiment. Their casualty rate is as high as 370%, that is,
This means that this regiment of less than 4,000 people basically suffered an average of 3.7 deaths at each position. However, in the end, due to racial discrimination, this unit did not get a quota to participate in the review. The Americans at the time could not bear to be in this
After America's most glorious war was won, a Japanese-American unit went to enjoy this glorious moment.
Although they received a grand welcome when they returned to the country, their families were still detained in concentration camps. These Japanese Americans knew very well that the more brave they fought, the less likely they would be for all Japanese living in the United States.
The more respect the American people receive and the more they pay, the higher their status as a minority group in the United States will be and the greater their sense of identity will be.
Although the United States canceled a large number of combat unit designations during the post-war disarmament, including the 442nd Regiment, the designation of the 100th Battalion was retained in order to commemorate the contributions of American Americans to the United States, and it remains today.
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When President Reagan passed the Civil Liberties Act, the U.S. government officially apologized to the hundreds of thousands of Japanese Americans who were imprisoned in concentration camps in Utah and the West Coast, and compensated each Japanese family with US$20,000;
During President Bush's term, Congress passed a compensation bill to provide additional compensation to these Japanese Americans.
Among the U.S. government, the U.S. Congress, and American intellectuals, the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II was a disgrace that seriously violated the founding spirit of the United States and seriously violated human rights. However, this understanding basically only remains among high-level government officials and intellectuals.
Most people in the United States do not know much about this history. So far, there are very few Japanese-American immigrants. I don’t know if it is related to this incident.
Through this story, what the author wants to express is not the heroic fighting of the Japanese, nor the Americans' violation of the constitution in terms of human rights, nor the government's courage to admit its mistakes, but to say that a nation, no matter where it is, must rely on its own
Only through hard work can you be respected by others. This kind of effort does not rely on scolding or begging, but on doing. Not only must we unite when things are going well, but we must unite even more when we are suffering. In these two aspects, the author feels that we
As a nation, they are not doing as well as the Japanese.
If the author thinks this way, then the protagonist must also be the same. Liu Fu hates all foreigners who have bullied his own nation, but he hates his own nation even more for not living up to expectations. (To be continued...)
