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This analysis is supported by British historian Niall Ferguson, [151] who also says that, in 1943, "a secret [U.S.] intelligence report noted that only the promise of ice cream and three days leave would ... induce American troops not to kill surrendering Japanese".
According to Aldrich it was common practice for U.S. troops not to take prisoners.This analysis is supported by British historian Niall Ferguson, who also says that, in 1943, "a secret [U.S.] intelligence report noted that only the promise of ice cream and three days leave would ... induce American troops not to kill surrendering Japanese."
His analysis is supported by British historian Niall Ferguson, [45] who also says that, in 1943, "a secret [U.S.] intelligence report noted that only the promise of ice cream and three days leave would ... induce American troops not to kill surrendering Japanese."
TIL that Niall Ferguson, a decorated historian, stated that "a secret [U.S.] intelligence report noted that only the promise of ice cream and three days leave would ... induce American troops not to kill surrendering Japanese."
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Aug 6, 2017 · August 6, 2017. In 1944, a Warner Bros. cartoon euphemized World War II through Bugs Bunny and ice cream. Marooned in the Pacific under Japanese attack, Bugs commandeers an ice-cream...
5,424 Japanese soldiers and sailors in the United States,' most cap- tured involuntarily during the bloody battles of the South Pacific, tested the formidable ingenuity of the War Department.
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This fear was clearly far from unwarranted. Two years before, a secret intelligence report noted that only the promise of ice cream and three days’ leave would suffice to induce American troops not to kill surrendering Japanese…
