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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... troops poured across Korea and entered Manchuria, China's industrialized northern heart, on May 1. Port Arthur was also besieged and eventually fell to the Japanese. The Russians hastened to field an army in Siberia, 6,000 miles distant ...
... troops poured across Korea and entered Manchuria, China's industrialized northern heart, on May 1. Port Arthur was also besieged and eventually fell to the Japanese. The Russians hastened to field an army in Siberia, 6,000 miles distant ...
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... troops to eastern Russia . Japan gained little from its own intervention , but the last Japanese troops left Soviet soil only in 1925 . With the demise of Taisho , who had lived in seclusion , on Christmas Day of 1926 , Emperor ...
... troops to eastern Russia . Japan gained little from its own intervention , but the last Japanese troops left Soviet soil only in 1925 . With the demise of Taisho , who had lived in seclusion , on Christmas Day of 1926 , Emperor ...
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... troops had long exercised the right to guard Manchuria's rail lines. On the night of September 18, 1931, the plot against Manchuria unfolded. An explosive charge was planted under a rail line near Mukden; it duly exploded, although it ...
... troops had long exercised the right to guard Manchuria's rail lines. On the night of September 18, 1931, the plot against Manchuria unfolded. An explosive charge was planted under a rail line near Mukden; it duly exploded, although it ...
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... troops commanded by Kodo officers seized control of a portion of the capital adjacent to several of the foreign embassies. They hoisted helium-filled balloons with streamers proclaiming the virtues of their cause and assassinated some ...
... troops commanded by Kodo officers seized control of a portion of the capital adjacent to several of the foreign embassies. They hoisted helium-filled balloons with streamers proclaiming the virtues of their cause and assassinated some ...
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... troop movements shared with the United States by British intelligence, Bratton concluded that the Japanese were preparing for the commencement of hostilities against America and her possessions. He galvanized the military into action ...
... troop movements shared with the United States by British intelligence, Bratton concluded that the Japanese were preparing for the commencement of hostilities against America and her possessions. He galvanized the military into action ...
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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