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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott praised the WWII Japanese soldiers. Today's Wanbao (Background Story below this image): http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/policy/tony-abbott-says-praise-for-japan-wont-damage-relations-with-china/story-fn59nm2j-1226984009749 Tony Abbott says Australia’s relationship with China continues to “strengthen”, brushing off claims his praise of Japanese wartime “courage” has alienated Beijing. The Prime Minister has dismissed an article published by Chinese news agency Xinhua, as a Liberal backbencher insisted Mr Abbott’s remarks to parliament were not “trying to rewrite” the history of World War II. The article’s criticism also came as Foreign Minister Julie Bishop signalled the government would not shy away from criticising China’s record on political and economic freedom and human rights. Welcoming Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to parliament on Tuesday, Mr Abbott said Japanese military personnel demonstrated “courage” and “patriotism of a very high order” during World War II. “We admired the skill and the sense of honour that they brought to their task, although we disagreed with what they did. Perhaps we grasped, even then, that with a change of heart the fiercest of opponents could be the best of friends.” The Xinhua article described Mr Abbott’s comments as “appalling” and “insensible”.

What next? The Japanese building a Yamato replica? But seriously the Tigers and the King Tigers armed with a 88mm main gun was the most feared terror amongst Allied armoured formations during those days... These Germans very eng and really got the time and money to build a replica of this monster. From STOMP: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sg...attle_tank.html Posted on 15 Feb 2012 How to make your own World War II battle tank A group of tank fans built a full-scale working replica of the German Tiger VI tank used in World War II. See how they put this beast together. STOMPer soldierdown wrote: "It's pretty cool how these tank fans managed to acquire all the metal parts they needed to build this tank. "From the pictures, you can tell that it's a really difficult and tedious process. "I'm amazed that they managed to build it from scratch."