A large clan in the island of kyushu, of which shimazu was the dominant family and kagoshima the hereditary stronghold. Hirohito and other members of the imperial family were involved in the conspiracy. Japans imperial conspiracy, volume 1 by david bergamini and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The author was born in japan, moved to china, and later was interned as a civilian prisoner of war after japan conquered the philippines. For five years bergamini had poured over 30,000 pages of japanese documents and us intelligence. Japan s imperial conspiracy 1971 this is a truly massive two volume set of books that basically ties hirohito directly into the planning and execution of world war ii, using a massive amount of evidence, memos, etc. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. Volume 1 starts out with a section on the rape of nanking, the atomic bomb, and the defeat of japan. A large proportion of officers of the imperial japanese navy in the decades leading up to world war ii were descendants of the old satsuma clan, traditionally seamenwar riors. Japans imperial conspiracy 1972 edition open library. Japans imperial conspiracy paperback october 1, 1972 by david bergamini author 4. Doubtless because he was imprisoned in wartime japan he refuses to alibi japanese atrocities in china and elsewhere, unlike toland and coffey. The imperial conspiracy began in the 1920s, when hirohito was still the crown prince.
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