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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... Togo, attacked the Russian Far Eastern Fleet at Port Arthur on the Yellow Sea. After crippling the fleet, Japan declared war a day later. With the Russian Navy no longer a threat, troops poured across Korea and entered Manchuria ...
... Togo, attacked the Russian Far Eastern Fleet at Port Arthur on the Yellow Sea. After crippling the fleet, Japan declared war a day later. With the Russian Navy no longer a threat, troops poured across Korea and entered Manchuria ...
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... Togo as foreign minister was also a hopeful sign in that Togo was genuinely committed to further negotiation with America and got along well with Ambassador Grew . Through his private secretary , Koichi Kido , the emperor communicated ...
... Togo as foreign minister was also a hopeful sign in that Togo was genuinely committed to further negotiation with America and got along well with Ambassador Grew . Through his private secretary , Koichi Kido , the emperor communicated ...
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... Togo learned that Nomura's physician believed him to be nearing a mental and physical breakdown , a second envoy was dispatched . Saburo Kurusu had signed the Tripartite Alliance with Germany and Italy in 1940 but resigned the next day ...
... Togo learned that Nomura's physician believed him to be nearing a mental and physical breakdown , a second envoy was dispatched . Saburo Kurusu had signed the Tripartite Alliance with Germany and Italy in 1940 but resigned the next day ...
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... Togo indicating that the situation had so ripened that the deadline for any further negotiations would be November 29. (Tokyo had several times set deadlines, then revised them.) The telegram concluded, “It is absolutely certain that ...
... Togo indicating that the situation had so ripened that the deadline for any further negotiations would be November 29. (Tokyo had several times set deadlines, then revised them.) The telegram concluded, “It is absolutely certain that ...
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... Togo to his ambassadors in Washington, advising them to stand by “for reception of a very long message in fourteen parts.” Why send a message on a Saturday afternoon when the embassy would normally not contact the American government ...
... Togo to his ambassadors in Washington, advising them to stand by “for reception of a very long message in fourteen parts.” Why send a message on a Saturday afternoon when the embassy would normally not contact the American government ...
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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