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 92
... Boat , which the marines waggishly claimed had been used by its builder to elude Federal Reve- nue agents . Regardless of the truth of this claim , the Higgins Boat , although without armor , was the Corp's workhorse landing craft for ...
... Boat , which the marines waggishly claimed had been used by its builder to elude Federal Reve- nue agents . Regardless of the truth of this claim , the Higgins Boat , although without armor , was the Corp's workhorse landing craft for ...
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... Boats would not be able to cross the reef at high tide , as did a native , who risked his life to inform the Americans that the tides would not permit an invasion the next day , November 21 . Obviously believing they had better ...
... Boats would not be able to cross the reef at high tide , as did a native , who risked his life to inform the Americans that the tides would not permit an invasion the next day , November 21 . Obviously believing they had better ...
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... Boat , 92 Hirohito , Emperor , 8-13 , 16-18 , 21 , 30 , 56-57 , 104-5 , 177 Japanese military and , 185-86 , 190 Liaison Conferences called by , 17 , 18 Manchuria and , 8-10 radio broadcast by , 199–202 retention of throne , 197 Soviet ...
... Boat , 92 Hirohito , Emperor , 8-13 , 16-18 , 21 , 30 , 56-57 , 104-5 , 177 Japanese military and , 185-86 , 190 Liaison Conferences called by , 17 , 18 Manchuria and , 8-10 radio broadcast by , 199–202 retention of throne , 197 Soviet ...
Contents
Prelude to Conflict | 3 |
Planning Operation Hawaii | 27 |
From Pearl Harbor to Java Sea | 47 |
Copyright | |
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