Jean-Louis Margolin has notably published “The Emperor's Army: Violence and Crimes of Japan at War 1937-1945” (Hachette, 2009).
On December 7 and 8 (depending on whether we consider Tokyo time or Honolulu time), we commemorate the 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. The importance of the event does not suffer the challenge: throwing the United States into war (Germany chooses to declare it to them on December 11), it turned into a fully global conflict. China, hitherto struggling against Japan alone, without a formal declaration of war, was integrated there. The mobilization against the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo axis of the enormous industrial and human power of the United States upset the balance of power, which we were aware of in London, Moscow and Chongqing (then Chinese capital), where, without shouting it loudly, we rejoice in the event.
However, the battle itself is often misunderstood, and its presentation frequently flawed.
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