Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (438 page)

Doolittle raid in, 448

early Japanese victories in, 444–47

fall of T
j
cabinet in, 477–79

and fear of communism, 488–90

German-Soviet war and, 398, 402–3

Germany-first policy and, 401

go-north, go-south debate in, 394–96, 397, 399–400, 402, 414

Hirohito and decision for war in, 408–14, 416–17, 421–25, 430–33, 434, 439

Hirohito and Guadalcanal campaign in, 456–62

Hirohito and New Guinea campaign in, 459–60

Hirohito and war plans for, 422–25

Hirohito on causes of Japan's defeat in, 533–34

Hirohito's command and leadership role in, 439–42, 444, 446–48, 470–71, 473, 476–77, 483–84, 519–20

Hirohito's criticism of navy in, 463–65

Hirohito's imperial conference speech justifying surrender in, 514–16

and Hirohito's resolve to fight on, 480–81, 484, 486, 489–90, 501

Hirohito's responsibility for atrocities in, 360–61

Hirohito's role in ending of, 505–6, 514–15, 559, 584, 614

Hirohito's surrender broadcast in, 504, 526–29

Hirohito's surrender decision in, 511–19

Hirohito's surrender rescript in, 525–28, 653

Hirohito's war crimes charges and, 12–15, 543, 549, 559, 567–68, 589–90;
see also
Tokyo war crimes trial

Hirohito's war rescript and, 433–38, 546

homeland defense preparations in, 488, 492, 494–96

Hull-Nomura talks in, 427–32

“Hull note” and, 428–29, 431, 434

Imphal campaign in, 474–75

Japanese aircraft carrier production in, 469

Japanese command shakeup in, 472–73

Japanese defensive strategy in, 446–47, 461, 462–64, 468–70

Japanese losses in, 444, 449, 458, 460–61, 463–64, 466, 468–69, 475, 481, 485

Japan's surrender in, 525–29

kamikaze attacks in, 481–83, 485, 488, 494–95

Konoe and peace movement in, 478–79

last minute coup attempts in, 519

length of, 443–44

Malik-Hir
ta talks in, 494, 505–7, 522

“National China” and, 473–74

opportunities missed for ending of, 520–23

peace movement in, 478–79, 480

Potsdam Declaration and, 498–504

and preservation of the
kokutai,
491–92, 507, 509, 512–18, 523

and preservation of the monarchy, 499–500, 505, 520, 528

prisoners of war in, 447–48

responsibility for Japan's defeat in, 533–36

Saipan battle in, 475–76, 477

Soviet declaration of war in, 496

Soviet invasion fears in, 487, 488–90

Soviet invasion of Japan in, 503, 511

Soviet-Japanese peace negotiations in, 504–10

Soviet Union and Japanese strategy in, 397, 399, 402, 444

surrender and authority of emperor in, 518–19, 523

and threat from within, 491–92

T
g
-Sat
exchange and, 507–8

unconditional surrender doctrine in, 496–98, 500, 503–4, 508–9, 518, 520–22, 526

U.S. bombing campaign in, 490–92, 493, 498

U.S. invasion plans in, 501–2

U.S. oil embargo and, 399, 401, 403–7, 408, 439

U.S. psychological propaganda campaign in, 495–96, 526, 545, 583

U.S. State Department and surrender policy in, 498–500

war responsibility issue and, 516–17, 526–27, 627–28, 639, 649, 653, 658–59, 672, 674–77, 685, 687

Wright, Quincy, 134

 

Yabe Teiji, 588

Yalta Conference, 490

Yamada Akira, 389, 390

Yamada Otoz
, 423, 461

Yamaga Sok
, 42

Yamagata Aritomo, 26, 40, 46, 86, 94, 104, 122, 155

Yamagata Aritomo

imperial engagement controversy and, 95–99, 100

Yamaguchi Ichitar
, 298

Yamamoto Gonbei, 40, 139–40, 141, 157–58

Yamamoto Isoroku, 324

Hirohito's rescript to, 458–59

Konoe visited by, 416

Yamamoto Shinjir
, 108, 113