A day in history.

For an invasion of Pearl Habour - with spanking (either explicit or implied) - check out Harry Turtledove "Days of Infamy" series. It's just two books long and looks at what could have happened if the Japanese marines had been sent to Pearl (as one plan called for) rather than their historic target. First thing - the carreers couldn't do their early withdrawal and later waves got all the strategic targets that were historically missed (including the fuel depo).

As for spanking, it wasn't what you would call consensual. Think American "pleasure girls" being kept in line by the belt and how collaborating women would be treated on liberation day (sent down a gauntlet made up of those who didn't collaborate).

All in all, a good read (if very skimpy on the spanking) where the Doolittle Raid was over Hawaii rather than Tokyo.

Goodgulf

The gauntlet run by former collaborators in THE END OF THE BEGINNING was much more serious business than mere spanking IIRC, since at best the people enduring it were repeatedly punched and kicked (but AFAIK not intentionally on their buttocks) and at least one of them--the Chinese woman who rather brutally oversaw the 'comfort women' during the Japanese occupation--was tripped and then pummeled to death by her previous victims.

In the long run, the superior American productive capacity ended up overpowering the Japanese forces, in spite of their initial capture of the Hawaiian Islands in Turtledove's 'alternate history.' What I found to be well developed was the contrast between the courage in combat of the Japanese soldiers, sailors and pilots, which was admirable of and by itself, and the savagery of the Japanese occupation policy, which involved the commission of war crimes.

For those people interested in history and especially World War II buffs, IMHO it would definitely be a worthwhile read... --C.K.

On this day seventy years ago (27th Dec 1941) (Sir) Winston Churchill addressed both houses of Congress in Washington to great acclaim, thus cementing the successful Alliance which won WW2.

True, I had been remembering it with rose coloured glasses. The "justice" of the once oppressed on their former oppressors is never fun to see.

Speaking of that, I think it was "The Great Escape Part II" that had a former French Resistance intelligence agent who "dated" Germans so she could look at plans and overhear intel. When the escapee returned at the end of the war he discovered that she had been treated the same as the other girls who had German "boyfriends" and rescued her.

Wow, I had no idea that Spankos were also history buffs, specifically WWII history buffs. My Lady, Cora and I usually have a Pearl Harbor Marathon on December 7 which sometimes spills over to the next day or two. We love watching 'Tora, Tora, Tora', 'Pearl Harbor' and lots of stuff that I recorded 20 years ago on the 50th anniversary. We also watch 'Midway' in June. Some how we squeeze this between my spankings from Cora!

But what seems amazing is how passionate many fellow Spankos are about the historical aspects.

Do you think that an interest in Spanking and being history (or should that be Herstory) buffs has some significance?

I have only recently discovered this part of this wonderful library but have thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread.
Ken (proud to be Spanked By My Lady)

History buffs may be interested that The Daily Telegraph is reprinting part of a front page from 70 years ago, every day.
It's very interesting and today's describes Winston Churchill's train journey from Washington to Ottawa 70 years ago today.
It may be on the website for our US readers.
It's tucked away near to the Bridge puzzle, and as Bridge is one of my passions I always read it after the Bridge.

Jimi