On September 3, the People’s Republic of China will stage what no doubt will be a spectacular military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War—known in the PRC as the “Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.” It is a long name. It is a narrative of the US Army Air Transport Command keeping the Republic of China in the fight by executing the world’s first sustained strategic airlift (foreshadowing the Berlin Airlift in 1948), creating US bomber bases in Sichuan Province, and executing precision air drops of supplies to US special operations forces deep in Burma’s jungles. The Pentagon has identified the PRC as the US military’s “pacing challenge.” The Chinese People’s Liberation Army refers to the US military as “the strong enemy.” The Japan of 2025 is not the Japan of 1945; Tokyo is counted among Washington’s closest security partners in Asia.
Author: Bill Bishop
Published at: 2025-09-02 21:45:07
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