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On March 10, 1945, the capital of Japan was carpet bombed by the U.S. Air Force.

Several hundred tons of bombs and napalm were dropped on Tokyo, killing at least 80,000 residents, most of them civilians. The Japanese would later call the event the "Night of Black Snow."

It was the most destructive conventional weapons raid in history. Tokyo, which was mostly made up of wooden buildings, was literally turned into an inferno, and the next morning, it was a solid ash heap.

A Japanese reporter wrote: "Clouds of smoke, soot, and sparks flew over the city, raised by the storm. That night, we thought that all of Tokyo had turned to embers."

#WW2 #JAPAN #US #WAR #HISTORY

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(from extreme right telegram channel) The #Argentine Armed Forces have launched Operation Griffon XVII in South Atlantic waters to strengthen their fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, while hundreds of fishing vessels, mainly Chinese-flagged, prey on the region’s fish stocks

➡️Griffon XVII is under the authority of the Joint Maritime Command (COCM), which through the Argentine Navy, in collaboration with the Argentine Naval Prefecture (PNA), monitors maritime traffic in the southern Atlantic.

➡️Defense Minister Luis Petri told the press on the day of the start of Griffon XVII that there are between 450 and 500 vessels, mostly Chinese, coming from the Pacific, passing through the Strait of Magellan and positioning themselves at mile 201, just outside the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

➡️The Chinese boats operating in Latin America are mostly fishing trawlers, which specialize in squid fishing and intentionally disable their Automatic Identification System (AIS) devices, a practice frequently used to avoid detection in areas where IUU fishing takes place.

⚠️ According to Washington, D.C.-based think tank the Stimson Center, China and its state-owned enterprises have the world’s largest distant water fishing fleet, with nearly 3,000 vessels. That fleet is three times larger than the fleets of #Taiwan, #Japan, #SouthKorea, and Spain combined.

“There must be coordination between the different nations adding efforts and capabilities and exchanging information against illegal fishing. China subjugates the sovereignty of Latin America in a cleary imperialist attitude, in a world where it is considered that 93 percent of the fishing reserves are already exploited to the limit.”

Source https://dialogo-americas.com/articles/argentina-launches-operation-against-chinese-iuu-fishing/

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Argentina Launches Operation Against Chinese IUU Fishing

The Argentine Armed Forces have launched Operation Griffon XVII in South Atlantic waters to strengthen their fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, while hundreds of fishing vessels, mainly Chinese-flagged, prey on the...

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SAMURAI WISDOM: TOKUGAWA IEYASU - Time and Tide - YouTube

An excellent recap on the unification of #japan and how Edo (Tokyo) became the capital.
Edo castle is impressive. Even if you can see it only from the outside if you don't have an appointment with the Emperor ;), the sheer size is astonishing. I mean, it's still the residence of the emperor's family.
I really like the wisdom of the Tokugawa that he knew how many books and education were and are still important.

#japan #history #samurai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQMI6h-iNqk

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