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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... seemed routine . By early 1936 , however , the Kodo felt they had lost ground . They attempted to redress the balance by staging an insurrection in the heart of Tokyo . In the early morning hours of February 26 , 1936 , just after a ...
... seemed routine . By early 1936 , however , the Kodo felt they had lost ground . They attempted to redress the balance by staging an insurrection in the heart of Tokyo . In the early morning hours of February 26 , 1936 , just after a ...
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... seemed pandemic . Against all odds in the book , the Japanese had conquered the Eldorado of the South in record time , and despite a strategic defeat at Coral Sea , they seemed unstoppable . This led to overconfidence , which worried ...
... seemed pandemic . Against all odds in the book , the Japanese had conquered the Eldorado of the South in record time , and despite a strategic defeat at Coral Sea , they seemed unstoppable . This led to overconfidence , which worried ...
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... seemed worthwhile . Life in Japan by late 1943 was even more squalid , largely because the U.S. submarine campaign severed contact with the overseas empire . The Japanese may have conquered the Eldorado of the South , but they never ...
... seemed worthwhile . Life in Japan by late 1943 was even more squalid , largely because the U.S. submarine campaign severed contact with the overseas empire . The Japanese may have conquered the Eldorado of the South , but they never ...
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 |