Japan and World War II

This section will deal with aspects of World War II as it relates to Japan. Some of the material is controversial and some is blatantly racist. Some images will be upsetting, but this is all being presented as a historical examination of war and American attitudes towards the Japanese during World War II. There will be reviews of books, along with a synopsis of many of the books. There will also be references to speeches and various documents.

Some items will be short synopses of articles from the excellent World War II magazine.

Because this section has become so large, I am going to split it up into sub-sections. Each link will take you to a page with other links on it.

This section will not, though, cover the Japanese-American Internment Camps. That material is covered here.

Written Sources

*W2M means the material is from World War II Magazine.

Atomic Bombs
Regular Bombing and Firebombing of Japan
Hirohito
Japanese Attacks on the US Mainland during WWII
Japanese Military and Militarism
Japanese Prisoner-of-War Camps
Kamikaze
Pearl Harbor
Propaganda and the Media (both US and Japanese) The Planned Invasion of Japan
The Race Factor
The Rape of Nanking and other Atrocities
Specific Battles and Battle Areas
Near the end of the War, and Japan's surrender
War Crime Trials and Related Topics
Misc. topics
Short essays on Japan and the war that I have done