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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2018-12-13 10:34 a.m., wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 08:10:06 -0500, Dave Smith

>> There is a good chance that it would have been colonized by another
>> country. While it would not have been American territory at the start
>> of WWII the attack on Pearl Harbor was part of a plane that saw the
>> Japanese sweep across the Pacific. They likely would have taken Hawaii
>> and the US, having no strong base in the Pacific, might not have had the
>> means to fight them. While the experience with Americans was not great,
>> the Japanese treated the people of conquered lands much worse.
>>
>>
> I was witness to the nasty treatment of the Japanese by Occupational
> Forces from the USA immediately after WWII.

I knew a guy who had been subjected to really atrocious behaviour by the
Japanese in a POW camp. The people of Nanking, China can tell you
about the atrocities committed by the Japanese there. I don't think
they got back anywhere near as they had handed out.