Word: imperiale
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The very qualities in MacArthur which once had been most criticized stood him in good stead now. His imperial manner made him, of all Allied commanders, the one best fitted to give orders to an emperor. He presumably would hold himself as aloof from the masses of the enemy as...
Around the President in Washington, and over the Allied world, a great debate raged. A doughface in the Philippines yelled: "Let 'em keep their Emperor-I'll throw in a pair of pants!" Admiral William F. ("Bull") Halsey, who had said that he would like to hang Hirohito...
¶ He is head of the state religion (Shinto). But he is only the third of his line of 124 emperors to be so. State Shinto and the emphasis on Imperial divinity are modern creations of an expansionist Japanese regime.
"The Emperor will be required to authorize and insure the signature by the government of Japan and the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters of the surrender terms necessary to carry out the provisions of the Potsdam declaration, and shall issue his commands to all the Japanese military, naval and air authorities...
Orders from Tokyo (Philippine Commonwealth-OSS-Warner) were found on Japanese soldiers who died in Manila's walled city. They were detailed instructions from Imperial Headquarters for "the systematic massacre" of the city's civilians, children and women as well as men. This short color film, the work...