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The Making of the Japanese Official Records of the Pacific War (the Senshi Sousho) (opens the original)
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The official story of Japanese side of World War II in the Pacific is laid out in a set of 102 books that were published from 1966-1980. Called the Senshi Sousho, it is tremendously detailed and authoritative. Yet, it runs to close 45,000 pages and the books themselves weigh in at a total of almost 250 pounds, so few have read it.The influence of the Senshi Sousho can’t be overstated, even in English. It offers stunning levels of mostly accurate information on the war. Japanese historians rely o
Admiral Yamamoto! (opens the original)
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In Beverly Hills Spy, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto shows up quite a bit. Yamamoto, the architect of the attack on Pearl Harbor, was naturally interested in espionage. He used spies to plan the actual attack, of course, but even before that, he was building the Japanese naval air force and was therefore interested in the spies in Los Angeles who helped steal information on the American planes. There is little question that the design of Japanese planes such as the famous “Zero” fighter was i
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