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Japanese Homefront

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Coercion and consent: The home front in Japan
Contrary to the popular image in the West of the World War II-era Japanese as fanatically and uniformly behind the war effort, the Japanese government had to mobilize and motivate its citizens during wartime.
The Japanese homefront
This series is about the Japanese home front in and around Sasebo, Japan during World War II. It is not a condemnation or critique of actions taken by either side during the war but rather a look at the civilian
Japanese labor in World War II
Apart from the intrinsic value of understanding the fate of Japanese workers during WWII, it also gives a non-western viewpoint of comparison for studies of war-torn labour in the west.
Japanese women and the Japanese war effort.
Like the Allies, those on the home front of the Axis nations were called upon to make sacrifices for the greater goal of victory. Embroiled in World War II, and specifically the Pacific War, from 1937 to 1945, Japan was a nation mobilized for warfare and much of that mobilization involved the toil and talents of women.

Library books

Hirohito's War by Francis Pike
Call Number: M.HIS WWII PIK
Publication Date: 2016
Target Tokyo by James M. Scott
Call Number: M.HIS WWII SCO
Publication Date: 2015
Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Angie Peterson Kaelberer; Andrew Langley
Call Number: M.HIS WWII LAN
ISBN: 9780756555887
Publication Date: 2018
War Without Mercy by John Dower
Call Number: M.HIS WWII DOW
Publication Date: 1986

References

References

Historical Novels Info. (n.d.). [Japanese family during World War II] [Photograph]. http://www.historicalnovels.info/WWII-Home-Front-America.html
Krigbaum, D. (2019). Wayfarer Dave's travel & history: The Japanese homefront. Wayfarer Dave. https://www.wayfarerdaves.com/?cat=295
Partner, S. (2003). Coercion and consent: The home front in Japan. Duke Today. https://today.duke.edu/2003/03/japan_lecture0321.html
Rice, R. (1990). Japanese Labor in World War II. International Labor and Working-Class History, (38), 29-45. www.jstor.org/stable/27671889
Yamaguchi, M. (1995). On the homefront in Japan: Bamboo spears and grass soup. AP News https://apnews.com/7c93b4deb317ffeb02c52035ead878fd
ETHW. (2017). Japanese women and the Japanese war effort. https://ethw.org/Japanese_Women_and_the_Japanese_War_Effort

HSIE - Modern History - Yr 12 - Conflict in the Pacific: Japanese Homefront

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