Nothing quite like an 80's rock segue away from WW II history, LOL. Given the affinity in Japan in this era for western rock, I can only imagine the dissonance of rockers of the same age dancing to this in Tokyo or other parts of Japan back in the day. Jarring thought.
I can't quite imagine you playing cricket, Laci. (What are the bales in cricket anyway?)
Bonus points to our readers who can correctly identify who Tojo is and the reference to Darwin.
Our commenter Joe Doakes would probably see the above as thread jacking, back to my own post, where I see it as dovetailing them together as they should be - complimentary to each other.
TOJO was a reference to the Japanese during the war. I think Darwin is in New Zealand, or Australia, and the Japanese tried invading, or wanted to invade. That's the best I can do without Google.
General in the Japanese army, prime minister of Japan during most of WW II, he did the Pearl Harbor attack, and was hanged for it after the war as a war crime.
Darwin, named for the Evolution theory Darwin, is one of the northernmost cities in Australia, if not THE most northern city.
The navy wanted to invade; no one else would support it, so instead they went with trying to keep the U.S. and Australia separate from each other, and some bombing and the action with the three mini-subs.
Nothing quite like an 80's rock segue away from WW II history, LOL. Given the affinity in Japan in this era for western rock, I can only imagine the dissonance of rockers of the same age dancing to this in Tokyo or other parts of Japan back in the day. Jarring thought.
ReplyDeleteI can't quite imagine you playing cricket, Laci. (What are the bales in cricket anyway?)
Bonus points to our readers who can correctly identify who Tojo is and the reference to Darwin.
Our commenter Joe Doakes would probably see the above as thread jacking, back to my own post, where I see it as dovetailing them together as they should be - complimentary to each other.
TOJO was a reference to the Japanese during the war. I think Darwin is in New Zealand, or Australia, and the Japanese tried invading, or wanted to invade. That's the best I can do without Google.
ReplyDeleteGeneral in the Japanese army, prime minister of Japan during most of WW II, he did the Pearl Harbor attack, and was hanged for it after the war as a war crime.
ReplyDeleteDarwin, named for the Evolution theory Darwin, is one of the northernmost cities in Australia, if not THE most northern city.
The navy wanted to invade; no one else would support it, so instead they went with trying to keep the U.S. and Australia separate from each other, and some bombing and the action with the three mini-subs.