Haruki Murakami,Alfred Birnbaum,Philip Gabriel: Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche

Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche


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The true story behind an act of terrorism that turned an average Monday morning into a national disaster. In spite of the perpetrators' intentions, the Tokyo gas attack left only twelve people dead, but thousands were injured and many suffered serious after-effects. The novelist Haruki Murakami interviews the victims to try and establish precisely what happened on the subway that day. He also interviews members and ex-members of the doomsday cult responsible, in the hope that they might be able to explain the reason for the attack and how it was that their guru instilled such devotion in his followers.

A comprehensive reference on Hitler's Heeresgruppe Weichsel, its formation, command and key military operations. Heeresgruppe Weichsel, or Vistula, was created on the order of Adolf Hitler in part to `organise the national defence on German soil.` Relying on primary documents from Heeresgruppe Weichsel and Oberkommando des Heeres that are reprinted in their entirety along with summary translations, this new volume examines why the command came into existence, what was its priority compared to that of other commands in the East, and how that translated into men and material support for its combat divisions. Volume 2 is divided into four parts. `Part I: Formation and Operations of the Heeresgruppe, 21 January - 15 April` reviews the formation of the Heeresgruppe, its importance in the East, who made up the initial command staff under Himmler, and examines the planning of its key military operations. `Part II: Units, Strength, and Supply, 8 February - 15 April 1945` looks at the overall manpower and Panzer levels of the Heeresgruppe and details the combat readiness of the majority of its combat divisions using available strength reports and divisional Gliederung. `Part III: Ostfront Operations: Fuhrervortrag, 25 March - 21 April` presents the OKH guidance issued to the various Eastern Front commands based on Hitler's daily conferences. Heeresgruppe Weichsel's role and priority along the Eastern Front is placed in context from the time Heinrici took command through the Soviet breakthrough marking the end of the Oder Front's defensive operations and the start of the battle of Berlin. `Part IV: Final Battle of the 3.Panzer Armee, March - May 1945` covers the final operations of the 3.Panzer Armee from the perspective of its three senior officers using the previously unpublished wartime diary of General der Infanterie Martin Gareis and the postwar Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche download PDF interviews of Generaloberst Hasso-Eccard Freiherr von Manteuffel, and Generalmajor Burkhart Mueller-Hillebrand.


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Author: Haruki Murakami,Alfred Birnbaum,Philip Gabriel
Number of Pages: 320 pages
Published Date: 04 Sep 2003
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Publication Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN: 9780099461098
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