140 Days to Hiroshima (eBook)

The Story of Japan's Last Chance to Avert Armageddon

David Dean Barrett (Autor)

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2020
352 Seiten
Diversion Books (Verlag)
978-1-63576-580-9 (ISBN)

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A WWII history told from US and Japanese perspectives-"e;an impressively researched chronicle of the months leading up to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima"e; (Publishers Weekly). During the closing months of World War II, two military giants locked in a death embrace of cultural differences and diplomatic intransigence. While developing history's deadliest weapon and weighing an invasion that would have dwarfed D-Day, the US called for the "e;unconditional surrender"e; of Japan. The Japanese Empire responded with a last-ditch plan termed Ketsu-Go, which called for the suicidal resistance of every able-bodied man and woman in "e;The Decisive Battle"e; for the homeland. In 140 Days to Hiroshima, historian David Dean Barrett captures war-room drama on both sides of the conflict. Here are the secret strategy sessions, fierce debates, looming assassinations, and planned invasions that resulted in Armageddon on August 6, 1945. Barrett then examines the next nine chaotic days as the Japanese government struggled to respond to the reality of nuclear war.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.11.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: American History • Anami • atomic bomb • Axis • Banzai • Big Six • Bomb • Casablanca • Casablanca Conference • coronet • Curtis LeMay • D-Day • Deleanor • downfall • Eisenhower • Enola Gay • FDR • Franklin • Franklin Deleanor • Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt • Harry • Harry S. Truman • Harry Truman • Hirohito • History of LGBTQ+ Gender Studies • History on Japan • Japan • Japanese history • Kamikaze • Ketsu • Ketsu Go • Ketsu-Go • Marshall • military history • Nagasaki • Nuclear warfare • Nuclear Weapons & Warfare History • Okinawa • Olympic • Operation Coronet • Operation Olympic • Pacific War • Potsdam • Roosevelt • Shigenori • Shigenori Togo • Supreme Allied Commander • Supreme Council at the Direction of War • Suzuki • Togo • Tokyo • Truman • Unconditional surrender • western allies • World War 2 • World War II • World War II History • ww2 • WWII • Yalta
• ISBN-10: 1-63576-580-3 / 1635765803
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63576-580-9 / 9781635765809