Books like Asiatic land battles, the expansion of Japan in Asia by Trevor Nevitt Dupuy

With this book the editors complete the three-volume series on modern Japanese colonialism and imperialism that began with The Japanese Colonial Empire, 1895-1945 (Princeton, 1983) and The Japanese Informal Empire in China, 1895-1937 (Princeton, 1989). The Japanese military takeover in Manchuria between 1931 and 1932 was a critical turning point in East Asian history. It marked the first surge of Japanese aggression beyond the boundaries of its older colonial empire and set Japan on a collision course with China and Western colonial powers from 1937 through 1945. These essays seek to illuminate some of the more significant processes and institutions during the period when the empire was at war: the creation of a Japanese-dominated East Asian economic bloc centered in northeast Asia, the mobilization of human and physical resources in the older established areas of Japanese colonial rule, and the penetration and occupation of Southeast Asia.

Japanese doctors conducted horrific human experiments during World War II, using victims for biological warfare and targeting Chinese civilians and POWs.

A gripping account and perhaps the most authoritative work ever written about the Siege of Tobruk in the North African theatre of operations during World War II. Frank Harrison, the author, who served at Tobruk with the British Army, peppers his narrative with desperate small unit actions, the heroism of individuals and not least the shortcomings of commanders on both sides of the Allied/Axis divide including Erwin Rommel. Harrison’s is truly a tale of blood, toil, tears and sweat.