The Japanese brutally murdered thousands of military prisoners of war because they wanted to intimidate all other POWs and Japan's enemies. The Japanese military did not believe in surrender and therefore did not respect any person that allowed themselves to be captured. Bottom Line: The Japanese military, especially the Army, behaved as evil barbarians without respect for human life of enemy civilians or military.
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The ZERO was the main Japanese fighter plane during world war two, for both the Navy and Air Force.
US Navy deciphered the Japanese attack plan by breaking the Japanese codes used for communicating with Japanese naval commanders. This allowed the U.S. to direct its carriers to sit back behind Midway island and launch air attacks on the large Japanese force.
RAF for Royal Air Force
Air Force Instruction 31-101
The air attack on North Vietnam began on 2 March 1965 and was sustained until 1 November 1968 as Operation Rolling Thunder by the 7th US Air Force, the Republic of Vietnam Air Force, the US Navy and the CIA's Air America.