Mass Suicides on Saipan and Tinian, 1944 (eBook)

An Examination of the Civilian Deaths in Historical Context

Astroth Alexander Astroth (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
230 Seiten
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4766-3516-3 (ISBN)

Infos

When the Americans invaded the Japanese-controlled islands of Saipan and Tinian in 1944, civilians and combatants committed mass suicide to avoid being captured. Though these mass suicides have been mentioned in documentary films, they have received scant scholarly attention. This book draws on United States National Archives documents and photographs, as well as veteran and survivor testimonies, to provide readers with a better understanding of what happened on the two islands and why. The author details the experiences of the people of the islands from prehistoric times to the present, with an emphasis on the Japanese, Okinawan, Korean, Chamorro and Carolinian civilians during invasion and occupation.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.4.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-4766-3516-1 / 1476635161
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4766-3516-3 / 9781476635163