Prince Charles once commented: “You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe. When it knocked down our buildings, it didn’t replace them with anything more offensive than rubble. We did that.”
As the ceremonies for the formal surrender of Japan concluded in 1945, MacArthur said "Start 'em now" which was the order for the final display of airpower. Hundreds of carrier-based planes and B-29 bombers filled the sky over Tokyo Bay to punctuate the day's events.
Your great great grandma helping the war effort by sliding into some poor soldier’s DMs who’s stuck on some god-forsaken island in the Pacific where all he does is sweat like a pig and gas up planes three times a week during the big war.