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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... ministers (Ministry of War and Navy) to resign. This right, inherent in the Japanese governmental structure by common accord, was henceforward greatly abused. The extent of the military's power on the course of Japanese policy may be ...
... ministers (Ministry of War and Navy) to resign. This right, inherent in the Japanese governmental structure by common accord, was henceforward greatly abused. The extent of the military's power on the course of Japanese policy may be ...
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... minister , Yosuke Matsuoka , was a strident militarist . Although evidently desirous of peace with all nations , Matsuoka was greatly impressed by Nazi Germany . He became a firm advocate of a direct military alliance between Japan and ...
... minister , Yosuke Matsuoka , was a strident militarist . Although evidently desirous of peace with all nations , Matsuoka was greatly impressed by Nazi Germany . He became a firm advocate of a direct military alliance between Japan and ...
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... ministry in Tokyo and all Japanese embassies abroad. Only twelve American leaders were cleared to read the resultant ... minister and replacing him with the relatively easy-going Admiral Teijiro Toyoda. Virtually the first act of the new ...
... ministry in Tokyo and all Japanese embassies abroad. Only twelve American leaders were cleared to read the resultant ... minister and replacing him with the relatively easy-going Admiral Teijiro Toyoda. Virtually the first act of the new ...
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... Minister of the Army Hideki Tojo as his successor , on the grounds that Tojo was a respected army leader who was relatively moderate and not automatically in favor of war . When Tojo's name was subsequently suggested by others , the ...
... Minister of the Army Hideki Tojo as his successor , on the grounds that Tojo was a respected army leader who was relatively moderate and not automatically in favor of war . When Tojo's name was subsequently suggested by others , the ...
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... Minister Togo had sent him packing in early October . Via a Pan Am clipper from Hong Kong , Hawaii , and San Francisco , he eventually reached Washington . Hull viewed his coming with distaste . Kurusu may have known idiomatic English ...
... Minister Togo had sent him packing in early October . Via a Pan Am clipper from Hong Kong , Hawaii , and San Francisco , he eventually reached Washington . Hull viewed his coming with distaste . Kurusu may have known idiomatic English ...
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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