Pacific Dawn (Ten Thousand Li of the Great Wall) Part IV

Author: Zhou Erfu
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Publish Date: 1991-06-01
Features: This book is the second part of the six-volume series "The Long Wall of Ten Thousand Li," a historical novel series set during the War of Resistance Against Japan. "The Long Wall of Ten Thousand Li" follows the theme of the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, combined with the global anti-Fascist front in the fight against Japanese aggression. It primarily features the top leaders from the enemy, our side, and our allies, adopting a panoramic perspective to vividly depict the eight-year War of Resistance Against Japan. The entire series exposes the atrocities of the Japanese invasion of China, celebrates the arduous and indomitable resistance of the Chinese nation, ands the complex contradictions within Chinese society, as well as the ever-changing international landscape. It focuses on major events and the important political and strategic decision-making processes, successfully creating the images of top figures such as Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Jingwei, Emperor Hirohito, Prince Konoe Fumimaro, Hideki Tojo, and Kenjiro Okamura, as well as Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill. This monumental work boasts a broad vision, grand structure, rich and detailed historical records, and an epic, sweeping narrative. It reveals many little-known historical facts and presents the author's unique insights into history. The Dawn of the Pacific portrays the historical scene from the second half of 1940 to the end of 1941, primarily focusing on the Anhui South Incident and the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. It depicts the plotting of invasion in the Imperial Palace of Tokyo and the outbreak of the Pacific War.