McFarland & Company, Date: 1992. Bright and fine in full maroon cloth with white titles.xiv, 297 pages, photographs. . Hard Cover. Fine/Issued without dust jacket.. 1992. McFarland & Company ISBN 0899507395 9780899507392 [US]

ISBN10: 0899507395, ISBN13: 9780899507392, [publisher: McFarland] Hardcover First Edition Hardback. The war with Germany and its allies ended on May 7, 1945, and the war with Japan ended on August 14, 1945, both in unconditional surrender. This book begins with the end of the war that involved the United States and Japan. Gen. Douglas MacArthur planned for the Eleventh Airborne Division to land at Atsugi Airfield on August 23. The Japanese quickly informed him that government authority over the armed forces was not yet complete and that they needed more time to bring radical forces under control. The general agreed and set August 26 as the new date. However, a storm prevented the main landing of occupational troops until August 30. For the Russians the war with Japan was over after only 24days. It lasted 14yrs for the Chinese, and almost 4 for the Americans, British, and Dutch. The occupation forces began rounding up suspected Japanese war criminals early in September. While Army troops were readying Sugamo Prison, other troops from the Thirty-fifth AAA group, reinforced with two batteries from the 579 AAA, were guarding war criminal suspects at Omori Prison. This prison, much small than Sugamo, was located on Omori Island - land reclaimed from Tokyo Bay. During the war, this facility had been a notorious POW camp for Americans. On December 8, 1945, the overcrowded Omori prisoners were transferred to Sugamo Prison - known then as XI Corp Stockade 1. The two ...
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ISBN10: 0899507395, ISBN13: 9780899507392, [publisher: McFarland & Company] Hardcover Bright and fine in full maroon cloth with white titles.xiv, 297 pages, photographs.
[CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1992]
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ISBN10: 0899507395, ISBN13: 9780899507392, [publisher: McFarland Publishing] Hardcover New
[Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1992]