The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021)
I went on a bit of a research expedition and learned that Mao's eldest son, Mao Anying, who was killed in 1950 by a US bomber during the Korean War briefly depicted in the movie, studied in Moscow, petitioned Stalin to send him to the front during the WW2, got his wish, and served as an artillery officer, during the final Battle of Berlin including. Also had no idea Mao had 10 children lol
MacArthur wanted to use nukes in Korea. Fucking insane son of a bitch
That's the plot of one of the ace combat games lmao
Although in that case the villain is basically a posadist
Americans seem to have an institutionally slapdash approach to nuclear weapons that is frankly bizare
there's kinda the desire to genocide anyone that stands against you ingrained into americans. the nuke is the most obvious way to do that, you can't really survive that.
It was very early in the atomic era where people wanted to figure out how to apply nuclear weapons/power to any and every situation. Keep in mind this is a country which invested research into air to air nuclear missiles
well nuclear power outside of America is a good idea but Americans can't be trusted with nuclear fission
Stalin's second son, Yakov Dzhugashvili, also died during WW2. He was captured by the Nazis and they tried to use him as a bargaining chip, but Stalin rejected their offers since no other Soviet POW would get the same treatment. The Nazis probably executed Yakov in 1943 after that failed.
Doug MacArthur is a fascinating historical figure because in any other army he would have been court martialed and fired for incompetence
The admiral in charge of the Pacific campaign would have stripped him of command if he was allowed to. Everyone competent hated him.
Nimitz considered MacArthur 'arrogant and self-centred', and Nimitz was a very patient admiral who didn't really give many shits - keeping personalities like Halsey in check certainly demanded such qualities. There are several situations where MacArthur refused to properly accommodate or communicate with Nimitz, such as refusing invitations to co-ordinate as Joint Chiefs of Staff. Honestly, the Great Satan won the Pacific War in spite of, not because of, MacArthur.
the american? actors in that movie were soooo bad. it hurt to watch.
yeah the american actors were very b-movie level, the cineese ones were better i feel, which would make sense. but also, having watched a bunch of expensive chinese movies now, i gotta give it to them: if there is an american in the movie they hire an american and they speak proper english, if theres a russian--same. none of that broken accent, dubbing, or straight up gibberish
id prefer a good actor with a strange affect to an authentic-but-awful american tbh.
i'd love to see a chinese actor playing a stereotypical white american, that'd be amazing on so many levels. but the consequences are unpredictable. might tank a movie, might make it even more popular because of the lolz and giggles factor.
Some of the lower effort Sino-Japanese war dramas that depict the Americans giving air support to China just have random white people talk vaguely military speak and then the subtitles are completely different. They can't get away with it much now because English proficiency in China is a lot more common, but it wouldn't be unusual 10 or 15 years ago to have the pilot say random shit like "10-4 florida alligators roast beef" the subtitles in Chinese are just like "We must coordinate the bombing runs along the mountain pass"
