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From the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 until the Japanese surrender in August 1945, a multitude of military and civil-defence forces strove to support the Japanese war effort and latterly prepared to defend the Home Islands against invasion. During World War II, Japan was the world's most militarized society and by 1945 nearly every Japanese male over the age of 10 wore some kind of military attire, as did the majority of women and girls. In this volume, Philip Jowett reveals the many military and civil-defence organizations active in wartime Japan, while specially commissioned artwork and carefully chosen archive photographs depict the appearance of the men, women and children involved in the Japanese war effort in the Home Islands throughout World War II.

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Introduction Medical Services The Police The Fire Service The Keibodan Civil-defense Organizations Patriotic Volunteer Groups Air Defenses The Transportation System Industries in Wartime Daily Life in Wartime Japan Bibliography Index

The Japanese Home Front 193745

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 19 August 2021
      ISBN-13 9781472845535
      978-1472845535
      ISBN-10 1472845536
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      Military History Special and elite forces Warfare and defence

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      From the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 until the Japanese surrender in August 1945, a multitude of military and civil-defence forces strove to support the Japanese war effort and latterly prepared to defend the Home Islands against invasion. During World War II, Japan was the world's most militarized society and by 1945 nearly every Japanese male over the age of 10 wore some kind of military attire, as did the majority of women and girls. In this volume, Philip Jowett reveals the many military and civil-defence organizations active in wartime Japan, while specially commissioned artwork and carefully chosen archive photographs depict the appearance of the men, women and children involved in the Japanese war effort in the Home Islands throughout World War II.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Medical Services The Police The Fire Service The Keibodan Civil-defense Organizations Patriotic Volunteer Groups Air Defenses The Transportation System Industries in Wartime Daily Life in Wartime Japan Bibliography Index

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