Allies Quote by William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

For the first time a British force had met, held and decisively defeated a major Japanese attack, and followed this up by driving the…

— William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

Australia and New Zealand are now threatened by the might of the Imperial Japanese forces, and both of them should know that any resistance…

— Hideki Tojo

“Beyond the deprivations, degradations, and tortures these prisoners endured, each man often recounts how he got to the camps Weller visited. These conflicts, and…

— George Weller

The Japanese scored an important victory at Pearl Harbor, but the attack pulled the United States into World War II, and four years later,…

— Peter Bergen

Subsequently, the Japanese people experienced a variety of vicissitudes and were involved in international disputes, eventually, for the first time in their history, experiencing…

— Eisaku Sato

The Australian divisions and the New Zealanders had become what they were to remain for the rest of the war the spearhead of the…

— John Terraine

Australia is this former British colony at the foot of Asia. We've been involved - we've been in lockstep with America in every battle…

— Richard Glover

After its defeat in the Second World War, Japan, unlike Germany, failed to show true contrition or give a fulsome apology, though it showered…

— Martin Jacques

For over two weeks, the defenders of Wake Island held off a vastly superior force of Japanese ships and troops, inspiring the whole nation…

— Tom Clancy

The Japanese government has accepted the notion that Japan is the loser, and it appears to be going to accept unconditional surrender. Such a…

— Hideki Tojo

If Japan had been near to either England or France, war would have broken out long ago.

— Townsend Harris

If the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eaton, the Japanese bases in the Pacific were captured on the beaches…

— Holland Smith