20 13 was voted in 20 13, i believe, briton's greatest battle of the modern era. It beat out such famous encounters as napoleon's defeat at waterloo and the british landings at normandy on d day. The victory was won by an army that's known as the forgotten army. So does that tell you something? There's a couple of reasons that might explain this. I mean, jungle and mountain terrain has a way of frustrating large forces being used.
When do spirit, tenacity, resilience and bravery cross into madness? When cities are incinerated? When suicide attacks become the norm? When atomic weapons are used? Japan's leaders test the limits of national endurance in the war's last year.