Japan’s lost monuments

When I began wwiiafterwwii in 2015 this was one of the first things I wished to write on, simply because it interested me. After some thought I decided that it strayed too far from the concept of WWII weapons still in use after 1945.

During 2021 I again wanted to do something on this topic. At that time, there was debate here in the United States as to Civil War monuments. I didn’t wish to see the things conflated so I abandoned it again.

Now in 2023 the topic still interests me. For readers who prefer technical military information, I will return to that focus going forward, this is just a one-off. For other readers, perhaps it will be of value.

This is certainly not every monument Japan built before September 1945, just a representative ten.

(Left: The Japanese monument in Hong Kong lies beyond HMS Swiftsure at the end…