Japan Triumphant

The Far East Campaign 1941-1942

Philip Jowett

• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Year: 2019
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781526734365
• Subtopic: German History
• Index: History

Imperial Japan's ambitious offensive at the beginning of WWII is captured in dramatic detail in this pictorial history featuring rare wartime photographs.
 
The Japanese offensive in the Far East in 1941-1942 was extraordinary in its ambition, for their aim was to advance across the entire region. They clashed with an array of forces in a series of lightning campaigns that included famous episodes like the raid on Pearl Harbor and the conquest of Singapore. In this vivid photographic history, historian Philip Jowett covers the whole course of the offensive, portraying not only the Japanese military which achieved such incredible success but the armies they overwhelmed.
 
In a sequence of over 200 wartime photographs—many of which have never been published before—Jowett covers the land, sea, and air fighting as the Japanese occupied so much of the region. Rare images of the Japanese forces as they prepared for war and then made seemingly unstoppable progress are matched with images of the armies they surprised and vanquished. Japan Triumphant captures the character of the war in the Far East, showing the appearance, equipment, and weaponry of the armies involved as well as the conditions in which they fought.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Preface
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter One Japan Prepares for War, 1940–1
• Chapter Two The British Empire in the Far East Prepares, 1941
• Chapter Three ‘Defence on a Shoestring’ – The Philippines Army, 1935–41
• Chapter Four ‘The Forgotten Army’ – The Army of the Netherlands East Indies, 1941
• Chapter Five The Japanese Empire Versus the USA – ‘Japan Strikes, 1941’
• Chapter Six ‘For Reasons of Prestige’ – The Fall of Hong Kong, 1941
• Chapter Seven The Malayan Campaign, 1941–2
• Chapter Eight ‘The British Army’s Greatest Defeat’ – The Fall of Singapore, 1942
• Chapter Nine Battle for the Philippines, 1941–2
• Chapter Ten The Burma Campaign, December 1941– February 1942
• Chapter Eleven The Burma Campaign, March–May 1942
• Chapter Twelve The War at Sea, December 1941–May 1942
• Chapter Thirteen The Conquest of the Netherlands East Indies, 1942
• Chapter Fourteen Japan’s Spreading Tentacles, 1941–2