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09-08-2020, 10:10 AM
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Don Boose 2 September Japanese Surrender Interview
Last Wednesday, 2 September, the 75th Anniversary of the Japanese signing of the instrument of surrender that ended World War II in the Pacific, my friend and USAWC colleague, Dr. Tami Biddle, and I were interviewed on the WITF-FM Smart Talk show.
Herb Morrow, a 93-year-old Carlisle Resident who served aboard the light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62) during the Iwo Jima and Okinawa battles also spoke during the program. A podcast is available here: https://www.witf.org/2020/09/01/smar...ry-over-japan/ Don 
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09-08-2020, 02:21 PM
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Hello Don:
My computer at work does not have functioning sound. So I'm looking forward to this when I get home this evening. Mike
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09-08-2020, 04:53 PM
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Superb podcast. That was a very illuminating and informative show Don.
Your knowledge and expertise of this aspect of history is marvelous and thorough. I salute you Colonel. And . . . May I pose a question: I was always under the impression that the Soviet Union suffered the greatest number of war casualties. Since the war began there much earlier, could it be that the Chinese suffered more casualties than the Soviets? Regards, Mike
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09-08-2020, 08:37 PM
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Most sources indicate that the Soviet Union had the greatest number of combined military and civilian deaths. I have seen figures of from 24 to 27 million. But the total number for China was also very high, more than 20 million. Given the time constraints of the interview and the focus of my comments, I didn't comment on Scott's China casualties statement.
I did make at least two inadvertent omissions in my comments. China also signed the Potsdam Declaration (in addition to the United States and the UK) and France came into the war in March 1945 when the Japanese attacked its forces in Indochina. I didn't realize that I had failed to mention China as a Potsdam signatory and the French entry into the war until I listened to the broadcast. Thanks for listening to the program Kevin and Mike. Don
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09-08-2020, 11:16 PM
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Hi Don,
Thank you for sharing. Sure know your subjects! Very interesting to hear Mr. Morrow as well. The Dr Tami had some thoughtful comments about the transition to peace after the war. Mike
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09-09-2020, 07:57 AM
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Thanks for listening, Jim and Mike.
Tami Biddle wrote an excellent (and very readable) intellectual history of World War II strategic bombing: Rhetoric and Reality in Air Warfare: The Evolution of British and American Ideas about Strategic Bombing, 1914-1945, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2002. https://press.princeton.edu/books/pa...in-air-warfare She and I have been friends and colleagues for about 20 years. Her USAWC office looks rather like a Bomber Command ready room. Professor Tami Biddle > Professor Tami Biddle > WW2History.com Don
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09-09-2020, 01:01 PM
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Did you all practice this beforehand? There were so many topics that could have led to hour-long rabbit trails, yet you stayed on-path
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09-09-2020, 02:36 PM
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We didn't practice, but Scott gave us four broad topics that Tami and I divided up between us. Otherwise, it was free conversation. My second topic was, how was the region affected and what were the enduring legacies of the war. That was what I tried to cover when Scott said, we have thirty seconds left . . .
Don
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