Samuel Yamashita

Every August 6 without fail, articles and editorials appear in newspapers and magazines throughout the world that ask whether the war with Japan had to end with the dropping of atomic bombs. Dr. Samuel Yamashita (Henry E. Sheffield Professor of History, Pomona College) will describe Japan’s strategic position on the Asian mainland and in the Pacific at the war’s end, deteriorating home front conditions, the many missed opportunities to end the conflict and the military extremists’ final failed attempts to keep the surrender from taking place on August 15, 1945. Hamilton Room, University Center, March 5 @ 6:00 p.m. There is a charge for parking on campus during the week – see this link for information.

Editor’s note: The above event was posted to the UW-W Calendar.