On 28 Jul 2003 15:28:21 GMT, ost (Chris Mark) wrote:

Surely the war must be a big subject to the Japanese, but what can be
found in English from a japanese point of view is very limited. Much of what
there is appears to be related to fighter planes and pilots.

curiously enough, the best stuff available on this line has been
available for more than half a century, and that's the "Japanese
Monograph" series published by the U.S. Army of Occupation in Japan in
the late 1940s, early 1950s. They vary hugely in quality, but they
were written by demobbed Japanese officers (perhaps enlisted as well)
using what resource material was available, plus their personal
memories. Some of them have been republished
www.danford.net/historic.htm and the Library of Congress has a
complete set on microfilm.

all the best -- Dan Ford
email: www.danford.net/letters.htm#9

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