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... western and eastern fronts , and so increased the prospect of deadlock . All these are speculations - their influence is open to endless debate and the weighing of many alternatives of what might have happened . To my mind stalemated ...
... western and eastern fronts , and so increased the prospect of deadlock . All these are speculations - their influence is open to endless debate and the weighing of many alternatives of what might have happened . To my mind stalemated ...
Page 255
... western pressure on Japan came not only from the embargo but from the Burma Road . The road was opened again to the convoys of trucks which carried war materials all the way from the railhead at Lashio in British Burma to Kunming in ...
... western pressure on Japan came not only from the embargo but from the Burma Road . The road was opened again to the convoys of trucks which carried war materials all the way from the railhead at Lashio in British Burma to Kunming in ...
Page 260
... western attitudes towards the Japanese . They were thought to be inferior to western soldiers in stamina , morale and leadership . Japan's victory over Russia in 1905 was forgotten , and her recent conquest of one - third of Chinese ...
... western attitudes towards the Japanese . They were thought to be inferior to western soldiers in stamina , morale and leadership . Japan's victory over Russia in 1905 was forgotten , and her recent conquest of one - third of Chinese ...
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