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 33
... Short had commanded the army on the Hawaiian is- land chain since February of 1941. Short , having taken his officer's oath in 1902 , was due for retirement . He would have preferred to live out his final days in khaki stationed in his ...
... Short had commanded the army on the Hawaiian is- land chain since February of 1941. Short , having taken his officer's oath in 1902 , was due for retirement . He would have preferred to live out his final days in khaki stationed in his ...
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... Short , although he unquestionably did his best , simply did not understand the nature of his ultimate task . He revealed later that he believed the danger of a Japanese air raid against Pearl was greatest when the fleet was not in port ...
... Short , although he unquestionably did his best , simply did not understand the nature of his ultimate task . He revealed later that he believed the danger of a Japanese air raid against Pearl was greatest when the fleet was not in port ...
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... short - term vic- tory in every sense , undertaken , in the end , regardless of the risks or international morality involved . Kimmel , Bloch , and Short , in that order , must bear responsibility for being caught unawares . Apologists ...
... short - term vic- tory in every sense , undertaken , in the end , regardless of the risks or international morality involved . Kimmel , Bloch , and Short , in that order , must bear responsibility for being caught unawares . Apologists ...
Contents
Prelude to Conflict | 3 |
Planning Operation Hawaii | 27 |
From Pearl Harbor to Java Sea | 47 |
Copyright | |
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