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Volume I Contents:
Preface vii |
Acknowledgements viii |
List of Illustrations xi |
1 Japanese Colonialism: 1874-1931 1 |
2 Japanese Expansion in China: 1931-1937 9 |
3 The Rape of Nanking: December 1937 17 |
4 The Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Iai, December 7, 1941 25 |
5 The Attack on Hong Kong 33 |
6 Wake Island 35 |
7 Death March: Bataan, April 1942 41 |
8 Death March: Camp O’Donnell 47 |
9 The Hell Ships 51 |
10 The Burma and Ledo Roads 55 |
11 The Fall of Singapore: February 15, 1942 67 |
12 The Raid on Tokyo: April 18, 1942 73 |
13 The Coral Sea Battle: May 6, 1942 79 |
14 The Battle of Midway: June 4, 1942 83 |
15 The Light Cruiser Juneau 89 |
16 The Death of Admiral Yamamoto 97 |
17 The Death Railway 101 |
18 The Kamikazes 105 |
19 Lord James Blears: March 1945 115 |
20 Firebombing: March 1945 121 |
21 The Battleship Yamato: April 6, 1945 125 |
22 The USS Indianapolis 131 |
23 The Battle for Okinawa 145 |
24 Hiroshima: The First Atomic Bomb, August 6, 1945 157 |
25 The Lie of Marcus McDilda 159 |
26 The Second Atomic Bomb 163 |
27 Nagasaki: August 9, 1945 167 |
28 Japan Conditionally Surrenders: August 10, 1945 171 |
29 The Allied Response 179 |
30 Retribution: August 11, 1945 183 |
31 Day of Crisis: August 12, 1945 187 |
32 The Coup Develops 191 |
33 The Emperor’s Decree: August 14, 1945 195 |
34 Collapse of the Coup 201 |
35 The Emperor Speaks 207 |
36 Allied Prisoners in China 211 |
37 The Doolittle POWs 215 |
38 The Sian Prison Camp 225 |
39 Allied Prisoners in Hainan 229 |
40 Independent Forces and Unnecessary Battles 235 |
41 The Surrender Ceremony: September 2, 1945 253 |
42 The “Other” Surrender Ceremonies 259 |
43 The Seven Samurai 293 |
44 Prisoner of War 303 |
Notes 309 |
Bibliography 323 |
Index 333 |
About the Author:
Jerome T. HagenAvailable Volumes:
Volume I
America at War
Volume II
People and Places
Volume III
The Road to Tokyo
Volume IV
The Southwest Pacific Area