Ranked #75 in Japanese History, Ranked #85 in Japan History
The Fall of Japan tells the breathtaking story of the last weeks of the war in the Pacific, and the dropping of the Atomic Bomb. General Hideki Tojo had worked long and hard to extend Japanese power. He succeeded brilliantly: By August of 1942 Japan ruled the Pacific. Here for the first time is the full story of how Tojo's achievement was undone in the final phase of World War II - the exciting, tumultuous weeks that sank the Japanese Empire in a sea of fire and fury. less