The Japan Times: Japan’s baptism of fire- World War I put country on a collision course with West Among mainstream accounts of World War I, Japan does not typically play a prominent role. Most historical records concentrate on the European theater, where the war started and was the bloodiest, far from Japan. There were no Japanese land battles to equal Verdun, or sea battles to match Jutland. In the grand sweep of the Great War, Japan played only a peripheral role. Yet from the perspective of Japan itself, the view is quite different. World War I was the country’s first truly global conflict, the first in which it allied with and fought alongside foreign powers. The war had an enormous impact on the country at all levels — political, economic and social. Japanese forces fought and died closer to the Western Front than is commonly realized, hunting submarines and protecting convoys in the Mediterranean Sea. japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/07/26/national/history/japans-baptism-of-fire/#.U9iuofldXxd
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 08:41:58 +0000
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