John Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
Plus a special guest map from Michael Korda’s, “With Wings Like Eagles,” showing the air defenses of England and Wales, August 1940.
John Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
Really cool posting today and it underscores Japan’s jealous rage that gave cause to their military aggression.
No oil and no steel? Pretty much ends the means of production and I guess they had no choice militarily. Still, they made a huge mistake in attacking America and paid the price for it in an instant.
The Chinese should send us a Thank You letter every year but they don’t and now they will be confronted by our military, some years down the road.
That dreadful day will result in the breakup of the Chinese Confederacy that has been forced on the 57 unique ethnicities who to this day strive for their autonomy.