Never Look Back: A History of World War II in the Pacific50 years ago, Japan attacked Pearl Harbour and brought a reluctant America into World War II. Armed with fresh materials, which have become available only in the last decade, Renzi and Roehrs take a critical look at the decisive Japanese-American episodes in "The Great Pacific War". Unlike standard histories of World War II, "Never Look Back" includes the Japanese perspective, bringing to light challenging facts: in "Operation Flying Elephant" the Japanese attempted to cause forest fires in the American West by releasing hydrogen-filled balloons. When Americans of Japanese ancestry were interned during the conflict, word reached Japan of their plight and resulted in even greater mistreatment of American POWs in Japan. It is argued that Japan did not surrender because of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki or because of the conventional firebombing or because of the US submarine campaign, but because the USSR entered the war. |
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Page 83
... Imperial Navy ensured that the men who served aboard its ships had night vision , the ability to see extraordinarily well in the dark . As radar itself grew more sophisticated and the Allies learned how to use and evaluate its findings ...
... Imperial Navy ensured that the men who served aboard its ships had night vision , the ability to see extraordinarily well in the dark . As radar itself grew more sophisticated and the Allies learned how to use and evaluate its findings ...
Page 88
... Imperial Japanese Navy , Gona and Buna had proven that the Imperial Japanese Army was vulnerable as well in a jungle milieu . While MacArthur was massing troops in Australia for a series of amphibious assaults on the northern coast of ...
... Imperial Japanese Navy , Gona and Buna had proven that the Imperial Japanese Army was vulnerable as well in a jungle milieu . While MacArthur was massing troops in Australia for a series of amphibious assaults on the northern coast of ...
Page 190
... Imperial Army was the power in the land , and only Hirohito might persuade it of the wisdom of surrender . The emperor and Konoye might well desire peace , but unless the Japanese Army concurred , nothing could be done effectively to ...
... Imperial Army was the power in the land , and only Hirohito might persuade it of the wisdom of surrender . The emperor and Konoye might well desire peace , but unless the Japanese Army concurred , nothing could be done effectively to ...
Contents
Prelude to Conflict | 3 |
Planning Operation Hawaii | 27 |
From Pearl Harbor to Java Sea | 47 |
Copyright | |
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Never Look Back: History of World War II in the Pacific William A. Renzi,Mark D. Roehrs Limited preview - 2019 |
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The China-Burma-India Campaign, 1931-1945: Historiography and Annotated ... Eugene L. Rasor No preview available - 1998 |