I recently learned that on July 14,1945 Italy declared war on Japan. I read it in the "on this day in history" section of the Baton Rouge newspaper. And yes, I still have it delivered to my house. Anyway what was the point of that? To gain admission to the United Nations?
A-58, Diplomacy and politics aside there were Italian nationals fighting with the Japanese. My recollection is that there were detachments guarding their Shanghai enclave and the embassy in Peking. Some chose to be POWs. This was after the Italian armistice in 1943.
Having just got back from a battlefield tour of Normandy with my Squadron, I have learned just how big and exposed the beaches were (are). Pictures, books and movies are all great, but actually being on the beaches, in the battery's, seeing the bullet holes in houses, standing in the cemeteries... THATS when you really learn about the War.
I finally looked up what the single chevron on the sleeve of Himmler and other Nazi bigwigs meant. Ehrenwinkel der Alten Kämpfer – Wikipedia
