
1st Edition
The Japanese War
London University's WWII Secret Teaching Programme and the Experts Sent to Help Beat Japan
Copyright Year 1995
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Book Description
Translated by Ann Kaneko. How British school pupils were recruited to learn in 18 months or less what was then considered to be the most difficult language in the world, in order to become translators, interpreters and interrogators for the allied effort in the Pacific War - a staggering 648 experts in the period 1942-47.