Great websites/blogs about Taiwan

[jdsmith]

I started up a FB page for our school recently, and I wanted to get some local sites up there for the kids and their folks.

History, nature, science and tech, sports; anything is good!*

I seem to recall a site about the birds/snakes of Taiwan but I've no idea where I saw them. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

* Like Hungry girl n Taipei, for example.

[Taffy]

Finding this one fascinating recently, though I'm not sure if the kids would: http://taipeiairstation.blogspot.com/

[jdsmith]

Finding this one fascinating recently, though I'm not sure if the kids would: http://taipeiairstation.blogspot.com/

Nice!


Looks like fred smith in there, third from right!

[StuartCa]

Finding this one fascinating recently, though I'm not sure if the kids would: http://taipeiairstation.blogspot.com/

Interesting stuff I wondered why Taiwan never gets much of mention in war movies and general documentaries about WW2

[fh2000]

Finding this one fascinating recently, though I'm not sure if the kids would: http://taipeiairstation.blogspot.com/

Interesting stuff I wondered why Taiwan never gets much of mention in war movies and general documentaries about WW2

If Nimitz had his way to take Taiwan first instead of the Philippine islands, Taiwan would be a US territory by now and everyone would be speaking English.


http://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=75

"Nimitz argued for an advance for Taiwan, bypassing the Philippine Islands, noting that it would place the American military at a better position to strike the Japanese home islands than Luzon. Additionally, Nimitz also argued that by holding Taiwan, the island would serve the political purpose of pleasing the Chinese; militarily, it would also open up a gateway to Sino-American operations on the Chinese coast. Nimitz's recommendation, naturally, placed more emphasis upon the usage of the Navy and the Marines, which did not sit well with MacArthur, who already believed that Nimitz was a part of the conspiracy to make the Navy the premier service of the American military. Additionally, MacArthur did not understand how such plan could work. "Just how to neutralize and contain the 300,000 Japanese troops left in [Nimitz's] rear in the Philippines was never clearly explained to me", noted MacArthur. "Admiral Nimitz put forth the Navy plan, but I was sure it was [Ernest] King's and not his own." Roosevelt knew that the plan Nimitz presented had not yet been agreed upon by all US Navy leadership; Raymond Spruance, for example, was not a supporter of the plan for Taiwan, and vouched for an invasion of the Philippine Islands followed by Okinawa, Japan."

[headhonchoII]

Looks like the right strategic decision in the end, saved them dealing with Taiwan itself directly.