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Pages: 254
Authors: Kazuo Tamayama
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"...consists of recollections by Japanese survivors of this terrible campaign, who describe instances of poignant sacrifice, heroism, and occasional compassion
No Surrender
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Pages: 226
Authors: Hiroo Onoda
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-04 - Publisher: Naval Institute Press

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In the spring of 1974, Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda of the Japanese army made world headlines when he emerged from the Philippine jungle after a thirty-year or
Casualties of History
Language: en
Pages: 478
Authors: Lee K. Pennington
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-05-06 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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Thousands of wounded servicemen returned to Japan following the escalation of Japanese military aggression in China in July 1937. Tens of thousands would return
Dragon of the Mangroves
Language: en
Pages: 154
Authors: Yasuyuki Kasai
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-12-13 - Publisher: iUniverse

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It was no time to fear animals when the possibility of the enemy counteroffensive was increasing. It didn't suit a soldier to lose nerve in the presence of a me
Judgment at Tokyo
Language: en
Pages: 204
Authors: Timothy P. Maga
Categories: History
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In the years since the Japanese war crimes trials concluded, the proceedings have been colored by charges of racism, vengeance, and guilt. In this book, Tim Mag