Japanese Sources

nathanmg@rogers.com · 01-13-2008, 09:54 AM

I am an historian in Ottawa, Ontario and the author of The Battle of the St. Lawrence: The Second World War in Canada (Harper/Collins, 2004) andBaptism of Fire: The Second Battle of Ypres and the Forging of Canada, April, 1915 (Harper/Collins 2007. I am presently working on a book about the Pacific War and am interested in finding Japanese sources --specificially memoires by Japanese fighting in Hong Kong and Burma.

Let me thank you in advance for your help.

Sincerely,
Nathan M. Greenfield

**Kyt** · 01-13-2008, 10:35 AM

Welcome Nathan

you probably know of these books:

Amazon.co.uk: Tales by Japanese Soldiers (Cassell Military Paperbacks): Books: Kazuo Tamayama,John Nunneley
Amazon.com: Japan at War: An Oral History: Books: Haruko Taya Cook,Theodore F. Cook
Amazon.com: The Pacific War Papers: Japanese Documents of World War II: Books: Donald M. Goldstein,Katherine V. Dillon
Amazon.com: Leaves From An Autumn Of Emergencies: Selections From The Wartime Diaries Of Ordinary Japanese: Books: Samuel Hideo Yamashita
Amazon.com: Senso: The Japanese Remember the Pacific War (Studies of the Pacific Basin Institute): Books: Frank Gibney,Beth Cary
Amazon.com: Railwaymen in the War: Tales by Japanese Railway Soldiers in Burma: Books: Kazuo Tamayama

and of course this classic contains perspectives from all sides:

Amazon.com: Burma: The Longest War 1941-1945: Books: Louis Allen

nathanmg@rogers.com · 01-13-2008, 02:16 PM

Thanks.
I'll make a trip to the library tomorrow.
NMG

**sniper** · 01-13-2008, 02:57 PM

Welcome to the forum, you'll find us a friendly bunch and some of the members here do have a good knowledge of the pacific war, especially the wanna-be-poms in Australia.

Sniper

**spidge** · 01-13-2008, 10:08 PM

Welcome Nathan.

Hope we can be of assistance.

**Antipodean Andy** · 01-13-2008, 11:29 PM

Welcome Nathan, hope you enjoy it here.

Can't imagine wanting to be a wannabe-Pom myself (half Pommy anyway) especially since they keep losing the Ashes...however, looking out over some green rolling hills would be much more pleasurable than sitting here in the office!

**spidge** · 01-14-2008, 12:25 AM

Hi Nathan,

This piece may provide some relative background as it was translated by the US for the military tribunals in the Far East.

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0030-851X(195106)24%3A2%3C185%3AJMOTRP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B

**spidge** · 01-14-2008, 12:33 AM

While this is predominantly on Indonesia, it could provide some good background however it requires a Questia account to access which you probably already have.

The Japanese Experience in Indonesia: Selected Memoirs of 1942-1945 by Oki Akira, Jennifer Brewster, Jean Carruthers, Anthony Reid at Questia Online Library

nathanmg@rogers.com · 01-15-2008, 04:34 PM

Thank you all for the warm welcome.
I look forward to asking questions --and, when I come up with a gem in my research here in Canada, sharing it with you.

Cheers,
Nathan

**Kyt** · 01-16-2008, 03:49 AM

Look forward to it Nathan. You'll find Tales by Japanese Soldiers a particularly good book as it really brings home the atrocious conditions the Japanese fought through, especially after Kohima, and their subsequent retreat.