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 93
... home islands that called for skirting the center of the Japanese empire and advancing northward through the Marshall , Gil- bert , and Mariana island chains . The two sides had reached an impasse . Largely by default , it emerged that ...
... home islands that called for skirting the center of the Japanese empire and advancing northward through the Marshall , Gil- bert , and Mariana island chains . The two sides had reached an impasse . Largely by default , it emerged that ...
Page 101
... Islands Western Prisoners of War The Liberation of the Philippines Having secured the Marshall and Caroline island chains , the U.S. Navy prepared to climb the next rung of the ladder leading to the Japanese home islands . The Mariana ...
... Islands Western Prisoners of War The Liberation of the Philippines Having secured the Marshall and Caroline island chains , the U.S. Navy prepared to climb the next rung of the ladder leading to the Japanese home islands . The Mariana ...
Page 140
... home islands would have been a slaughter unprecedented in all of human history . The civilian population as well as the mili- tary would have resisted to the last , using the caves that honeycomb the home islands . Little of Japanese ...
... home islands would have been a slaughter unprecedented in all of human history . The civilian population as well as the mili- tary would have resisted to the last , using the caves that honeycomb the home islands . Little of Japanese ...
Contents
Prelude to Conflict | 3 |
Planning Operation Hawaii | 27 |
From Pearl Harbor to Java Sea | 47 |
Copyright | |
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The China-Burma-India Campaign, 1931-1945: Historiography and Annotated ... Eugene L. Rasor No preview available - 1998 |