PBS - Inside Japan's War (2021) (4)

From the Japanese perspective Why did Japan go to war? What was the Japanese strategy? What was the Japanese objective? What was it like to live in Japan during the years of victory - and the years of complete devastation?

Combines still and moving image archives, personal accounts, expert interviews, contemporary images, and graphics and animation to give insight into how Japan succeeded in rapidly establishing one of the largest empires the world has ever seen. We also find out why utter devastation followed and what it meant to be Japanese during those tumultuous years.

Produced by ZDF.

Ch1. Rising Sun

Insight into Imperial Japan's military motives, culture, startling initial success as an aggressor, and eventual dramatic downfall, beginning as the Empire of Japan rises on the international stage.

Ch2. For the Sake of the Country

How Japan secured victory in Malaya and the fall of Singapore, and an exploration into the effect of the lack of cooperation between the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Navy.

Ch3. The Sun That Shines

Examining the experiences of those in the occupied territories, the various puppet governments and attempts at guerrilla warfare, along with treatment of the PoWs.

Ch4. An Extraordinary Measure

American bombing pounds the Japanese home islands and, in August 1945, atomic bombs fall on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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