Hello ,I'm deep in research about some of the most brutal aspects of WWII, so it's a nice break mark the 70th Anniversary of the war's end.
Japan's Emperor Akihito expressed "deep remorse" for his nation's wartime behavior during a brief ceremony in
Tokyo.
"I earnestly hope that the ravages of war will never be repeated." he said after a moment of silence at noon August 15th, the exact date and time when Emperor Hirohito — Emperor Akihito's father — told the Japanese people he had surrendered to the United States. US News reported fireworks from Nagaoka City, Japan, exploded over Ford Island to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Hawaii, Saturday,
Aug. 15, 2015, in Honolulu.
For the story of how the end of WWII almost didn't happen click here.
Queen-to-be in the Rank-and-File |
Several months before the war ending in Europe, then-Princess Elizabeth convinced her father King George VI to allow her to join the service.
2nd Lieutenant Elizabeth Windsor served in the British Auxiliary Territorial Service, or ATS,
which recruited women to free up men for combat. Mary Churchill, the youngest daughter of the Prime Minister Winston Churchill also served in the ATS. The women worked as telephonists, drivers, mess orderlies, butchers, bakers, postal workers, ammunition inspectors and military police.
Princess Elizabeth trained to be a truck driver and mechanic. Other women held positions in the Anti-Aircraft Command of the Royal Artillery finding enemy aircraft and
controlling the direction of the gun, although officially they never fired the guns. Others operated searchlights.
Think she's checking the oil or the spark plugs? Maybe the fan belt?
Over 200-thousand women served in the ATS, 335 were killed
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