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'In the Service of the Emperor'

This excerpt from a one-volume overview of Japan's war looks at the British and American Long Range Penetration of Burma in 1944

Mar 17, 2024
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A formal portrait of Hirohito(1901-1989), Emperor of Japan 1926-1989 in dress uniform 1935.

A single-volume history of Japan’s aggressive expansion prior to and including World War II is an ambitious undertaking. Inevitably In the Service of the Emperor: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1931–1945 leaves the reader wanting to know more about many…

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