Never Look Back: 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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... China 2 Planning Operation Hawaii Yamamoto's Plans • American Attitudes on the Eve of War • The Attack on Pearl Begins The Results of the Attack • 3 From Pearl Harbor to Java Sea MacArthur and the Philippines • The War Spreads • The ...
... China 2 Planning Operation Hawaii Yamamoto's Plans • American Attitudes on the Eve of War • The Attack on Pearl Begins The Results of the Attack • 3 From Pearl Harbor to Java Sea MacArthur and the Philippines • The War Spreads • The ...
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... China⚫ Burma⚫ India and Indonesia • The Significance of the CBI War 9 The Final Campaigns Iwo Jima . Okinawa The B - 29 . LeMay and Firebombing Operation Downfall and the Atomic Bomb 10 Japan Surrenders • • The Emperor and the ...
... China⚫ Burma⚫ India and Indonesia • The Significance of the CBI War 9 The Final Campaigns Iwo Jima . Okinawa The B - 29 . LeMay and Firebombing Operation Downfall and the Atomic Bomb 10 Japan Surrenders • • The Emperor and the ...
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... China Southern Asia and the Burma Road The U.S. Invasion of Southern Okinawa , April 1 , 1945 Photographs Pearl Harbor , October 1941 The Naval Air Station , Pearl Harbor , during the attack A clock from the battleship Arizona Japanese ...
... China Southern Asia and the Burma Road The U.S. Invasion of Southern Okinawa , April 1 , 1945 Photographs Pearl Harbor , October 1941 The Naval Air Station , Pearl Harbor , during the attack A clock from the battleship Arizona Japanese ...
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... China - Burma- India theater , are all dealt with , but not to the same degree . We do not mean to negate or disparage the action in these other theaters , but since the conflict was primarily a Japanese - American one , this central ...
... China - Burma- India theater , are all dealt with , but not to the same degree . We do not mean to negate or disparage the action in these other theaters , but since the conflict was primarily a Japanese - American one , this central ...
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... China The Drift toward War with the United States The year 1868 was as dramatic and important in Japanese history as the year 1941. In 1868 the boy emperor , Meiji , guided by a small group of warlord - noblemen , or genro , established ...
... China The Drift toward War with the United States The year 1868 was as dramatic and important in Japanese history as the year 1941. In 1868 the boy emperor , Meiji , guided by a small group of warlord - noblemen , or genro , established ...
Contents
From Pearl Harbor to Java | |
Coral Sea and Midway | |
First Allied Land Victories | |
The Marianas and the Philippines | |
Submarines Firebombs and Survival | |
The CBI Theater | |
The Final Campaigns | |
Japan Surrenders | |
References | |
Index | |
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