World War II
Japan used this film as propaganda to demonstrate to its own troops the "incompetence" of the United States Army.
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“One ... aspect of the case for World War II is that while it was still a shooting affair it taught us survivors a great deal about daily living which is valuable to us now that it is, ethically at least, a question of cold weapons and hot words.”
—M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)
“If the Third World War is fought with nuclear weapons, the fourth will be fought with bows and arrows.”
—Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten Of Burma Mountbatten (1900–1979)
“It is only in the world of objects that we have time and space and selves.”
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“War ...
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing.”
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