The Japanese Home Front 1937–45

The Japanese Home Front 1937–45 cover

Description

During World War II, Imperial Japan was the world's most militarized society, with a host of uniformed organizations supporting the war effort in East Asia and the Pacific and ultimately tasked with defending the Home Islands. Featuring full-color artwork, this book reveals the organization and appearance of the military and civil-defense forces that supported the Japanese war effort from 1937 to 1945.

From the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 until the Japanese surrender in August 1945, a multitude of military and civil-defense 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-defense 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

Product details

Published Aug 24 2021
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 64
ISBN 9781472845535
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations Black & white and colour photos.
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Elite
Short code ELI 240
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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Philip Jowett

Philip Jowett was born in Leeds in 1961 and has be…

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Adam Hook

Adam Hook studied graphic design, and began his wo…

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