World War II and After in Southeast Asia
Hồ Chí Minh Said What???
There are many books in English about Vietnam that claim that in 1946 Hồ Chí Minh stated that “I prefer to sniff French shit for
Indian Nationalists and the Vietnamese Women who Loved Them
I posted an entry here recently on the visit to Hanoi in December 1945 by British military officer, Lieutenant Colonel P. J. F. Chapman-Walker. In
March 9, 1945 – The Day of Vietnam’s Liberation
I love reading historical documents because they never fail to demonstrate how so much of what people think today is a recent invention/construction. I was
Guy Phon’s Letter to the US Government (17 August 1945)
It is well known that Hồ Chí Minh sent some letters to American President Truman seeking his country’s support for Vietnam’s independence. It is also
Meeting Hồ Chí Minh in December 1945
I came across a document that a British military officer, Lieutenant Colonel P. J. F. Chapman-Walker, wrote after visiting Hanoi in December 1945. The document
Masaharu Homma and José Laurel
Today I came across some documents from the office of José Laurel when he was “commissioner” of the Philippines in 1942. In 1942 the Philippines
Enterprising Filipino Linguists in WW II
This advertisement appeared in a paper in the Philippines not long after Manila was occupied by the Japanese. Where did this secret technique for learning
Wartime Theater in the Philippines
These are a couple of advertisements for theater shows from the middle of World War II in the Philippines. Someone told me once that prior
Gardening in the Philippines in WW II
There was an English-language newspaper called The Tribune which was publishing before WW II, and then kept publishing even after the Philipines fell to the Japanese,
