Blog post 100!
I am beyond excited to launch these four new pages, and I hope you all feel the same way. If you've been to any of these locations and want to help add context, fix a mistake, or just tell me what you think in general, please do! Pacific History Guide is here to connect you with local and regional history, where you are. Here's to another 100 blog posts!
Tony Boccia
7 hours ago
The Sinking of the Tsushima Maru
The Tsushima Maru 対馬丸 was a cargo ship built for Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) by Russel and Co., Scotland in 1914. The night of the 22nd August 1944, Tsushima Maru was sighted and fired on by USS Bowfin, a Gato-class submarine, near Akusekijima around 10 PM. The ship sank quickly; none of the escorts came to the aid of the survivors in the water. Only 59 children survived the ordeal, they were quickly hidden away and the matter was kept under wraps throughout the rest of war.
Tony Boccia
Aug 22
The end of the Second World War
The effect of the atomic bombs, the collapse of Manchuria, and the general devastation on the Japanese mainland from constant Allied air raids all informed the decision to end the war. The following day, 10 August, the Konoe government informed the Allies that it would accept the terms of the Potsdam Declaration.
Tony Boccia
Aug 15