Author

Publication

2014 - Osprey Publishing, England

Language

English

Word Count

90,000 words, Guess

Page Count

360 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101782009329
  • ISBN-139781782009320
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014469955
  • OCLC Control Number867609057
  • Better World Books9781782009320
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC952.03
  • LCCDS838.7 .Y46 2014
  • LCCD767
and 1 more
  • LCCDS838.7 .Y39 2014

Description

Just as the German blitzkrieg stunned the world in 1939-40, so too did the Japanese offensive of 1941-42. In just eight weeks following 7 December 1941, the Imperial Japanese Army captured Manila, almost all of the Philippines, Hong Kong, the Malay Peninsula and the Great British bastion at Singapore before forcing the capitulation of Siam and occupying Burma. A month later, they had added the Netherlands East Indies, with an area and depth of natural resources more than twice that of Japan, to their trophy case. Based on Japanese sources and first-hand reports, this book examines these astonishing Japanese successes, revealing how victory after victory was won despite the huge logistical and geographical challenges presented by waging war in the Pacific.

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