Australian POW and Occupation force experiences in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Bender, Stuart Marshall; Broderick, Mick

doi:10.4324/9781315505572-9

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“…As a Western visitor, I find much of the statuary bulky and brute in two groups of Australians known to be there in and around 1945. 70 They knew the largest contingent of allied Occupation forces, 16,000 in number, 71 had been stationed southeast of Hiroshima in the naval town of Kure. As well, the 24 POWs had been held 1.7 km from Nagasaki and had reportedly survived the blast.…”

Section: Hiroshima In 1945mentioning

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National War Heritage at the Australian War Memorial and Hiroshima Peace Park

Sylvester

2021

Millennium: Journal of International Studies

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Much material heritage is marked by national memorials to war and its heroes. This article considers two examples that commemorate aspects of defeat, loss, and military disaster in war – the Australian War Memorial and attached museum and the museum and Peace Park at Hiroshima Japan. For Australians, the nation became a recognisable entity in the wake of disastrous defeat at Gallipoli in World War I. The physical manifestation of that heritage combines a solemn mausoleum with a massive and expanding museum that celebrates all Australia’s war contributions since then. For Japan, the peace park in Hiroshima focuses on the civilian heritage of the atom bomb Americans dropped in August 1945. Unlike the Australian Memorial, there is no celebration of war, soldiers, or militarism at the Peace Park. This article explores the differences, similarities, ironies, and contradictions of war heritages built out of crushing instances of loss rather than national moments of victory.

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Section: Hiroshima In 1945mentioning

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“…The Anzac Centenary Committee endeavoured to bring to light all the Australians who had served the nation during either of those wars. 69 Bender and Broderick went to Japan in search of historical traces of the…”

Section: Two Memorialisations In Hiroshima Peace Parkmentioning

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National War Heritage at the Australian War Memorial and Hiroshima Peace Park

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2021

Millennium: Journal of International Studies

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Australian POW and Occupation force experiences in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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National War Heritage at the Australian War Memorial and Hiroshima Peace Park

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