WW2: After the fall of Singapore, Japanese soldiers used Indian soldiers for target practice

(Singapore) On the 15 February 1942, the British city of Singapore surrendered to the Japanese. The city was them occupied by the Japanese until the 12 September 1945 and the signing of the surrendered documents in Japan . Life under Japanese rule has been well documented as harsh , yet even I was surprised when I came across this tweet by World War 2 pictures.

Japanese troops use captured British Indian Army soldiers for target practice at Singapore, 1942. #WW2 pic.twitter.com/U9butn1wfs

— WWII Pictures (@WWIIpix) December 10, 2019

The next time you hear some twat opine about Hiroshima, mention the above and its just one example of the intolerance at the hands of the Imperial Japanese army

WW2: The Battle of Midway.

(Pacific)  During WW2 and 6 months after Pearl harbour the Japanese decided to go for the killer blow which they hoped would take the US out of the War and sue for peace. However things didn't go as planned for the Japanese and they lost big time, 4 carriers big time.This critical US victory stopped the growth of the Japanese Empire  in the Pacific and put the United States in a position to begin shrinking the Japanese empire through a series of island-hopping invasions and several even larger naval battles. Why these's even a new film coming out next month which relates what happened in 1942 onto the silver screen (again)

Unfortunately Hollywood has a nasty habit of embellishing the facts in which to promote its pictures , hey there's nothing wrong with that, Its just that people walk away without the full facts and are happy to believe what they saw on the screen as the truth. So if you really want to know what transpired regards the Battle of Midway have a butchers at this descriptive video. Only one problem, its in 2 parts and the second hasn't been knocked out yet. But I'll post it when it does. But believe me when this 40 min video is well worth watching.

WW2: Failed Kamikaze attack

(Pacific) HMS Sussex was a Royal Navy County Class cruiser which served with distinction during WW2.  launched in 1926 she was modernised during the mid 1930s where she was retrofitted with a  6-foot-deep (1.8 m) armoured belt, 4.5-inch (110 mm) thick, amidships, extending down from the armoured deck to 1 foot below the waterline.

On July the 26^th 1945 Sussex found herself supporting operations on what is now known as Indonesia when she was attacked by 2 Japanese Kamikazi planes  One, a Mitsubishi Ki-51 struck the ship, but failed to penetrate the ships 4.5inch armour belt.

Mitsubishi Ki-51

It did however leave a mark which allowed the ships crew to know exactly which aircraft had failed to sink it: