Four samurai : a quartet of Japanese army commanders in the Second World War / Arthur Swinson
Title
Four samurai : a quartet of Japanese army commanders in the Second World War / Arthur Swinson
Subject
Homma, Masaharu, 1887-1946.
World War, 1939-1945--Japan.
Honda, Masaki, 1889-1964.
Yamashita, Tomobumi, 1885-1946.
Mutaguchi, Ren'ya, 1888-1966.
Generals--Japan--Biography.
Description
Biographical studies of four Japanese generals and the major campaigns they fought, by a British military historian and officer.
The generals are General Tomoyuki Yamashita (both in the Malaya campaign and defense of the Philippines); Gen. Masaharu Homma and the conquest of the Philippines; Renya Mutaguchi and the ill-fated March to India; Masaki Honda and the Burma campaign. Based on Japanese sources and interviews with the families and contemporaries of the generals, plus standard works in English, this work gives thus far unsurpassed account of these Japanese generals and their campaigns. (The author fought in the Burmese campaign and thus faced Gen. Mutaguchi’s troops).
The chapters on the Philippines (Homma and Yamashita) provide much information that has not fully been tapped by researchers and writers.
The generals are General Tomoyuki Yamashita (both in the Malaya campaign and defense of the Philippines); Gen. Masaharu Homma and the conquest of the Philippines; Renya Mutaguchi and the ill-fated March to India; Masaki Honda and the Burma campaign. Based on Japanese sources and interviews with the families and contemporaries of the generals, plus standard works in English, this work gives thus far unsurpassed account of these Japanese generals and their campaigns. (The author fought in the Burmese campaign and thus faced Gen. Mutaguchi’s troops).
The chapters on the Philippines (Homma and Yamashita) provide much information that has not fully been tapped by researchers and writers.
Creator
Swinson, Arthur.
Publisher
London : Hutchinson, 1968.
Date
1968
Format
24 x 16 cm.
Language
English
Type
Hardbound
Identifier
0090894405
Call Number
DS 890 .A1 S9 1968
Accession Number
16630
Pagination
266 p.
Illustration
maps (part fold.), 4 ports.
Files
Collection
Citation
Swinson, Arthur., “Four samurai : a quartet of Japanese army commanders in the Second World War / Arthur Swinson,” FHL-Roderick Hall, accessed March 10, 2026, https://fhl.omeka.net/items/show/932.