Tales By Japanese Soldiers

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Tales By Japanese Soldiers
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kazuo Tamayama
By (author) John Nunneley
SeriesW&N Military
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 128
Category/GenreBiographies and autobiography
Asian and Middle Eastern history
Second world war
ISBN/Barcode 9780304359783
ClassificationsDewey:940.548252
Audience
General
Illustrations 12

Publishing Details

Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Imprint Cassell Military
Publication Date 9 March 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Over 305,000 Japanese soldiers fought in Burma between 1942 and 1945; 180,000 of them died. This book, uniquely, tells how the common soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army lived, fought and died in that terrible conflict. Here are straightforward accounts, sometimes moving, often shocking, of what it was like to fight a war in a strange country, far from home, short of food and weapons, confused, facing death from disease and starvation as well as enemy action. Sixty-two 'tales', translated from the Japanese, trace the Burma campaign in chronological sequence and together offer a new perspective on a terrible war. Japanese soldiers, navy men, fighter pilots, and others were from a different culture, but they were not the devils of popular legend. Just like their enemies, they were scared young men, fighting to the death a war they didn't understand.

Author Biography

Dr Kazuo Tamayama is secretary of the Japan-British Society, is actively involved in the reconciliation of the Japanese and British peoples, and was awarded an honorary MBE in 1998. John Nunneley fought the Japanese in Burma, and was wounded in 1944. He is chairman of the Burma Campaign Fellowship Group, which exists to promote British-Japanese friendship. John Nunneley is the Chairman of the Burma Campaign Fellowship Group, a British veterans' association devoted to the promotion of understanding and reconciliation amongst former enemies.