This is the first documentary novel about the War of Resistance Against Japan. Drawing on an extensive collection of authentic historical sources, the author takes readers through the three main theaters of war: China, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific, painting a sweeping picture of how the Chinese people and the world's anti-fascist forces fought the Japanese invaders with unflagging resolve.
With a directness worthy of a historian, the author restores the truth of the war. Shifting through time and place to reveal the larger picture through telling details, the novel recreates the tumultuous course of history and takes readers back to those difficult years of flames, blood, and violence.
The book also reveals little-known details from several major campaigns: Chinese and American soldiers fought side by side and shed their blood to repel the enemy; the Wang Jingwei puppet government and puppet regimes in the Northeast and North China schemed against one another, fought for power, and collaborated in betraying their country, while exploiting the people and manipulating the economy in occupied territories; and the Japanese invaders propped up puppet governments across Southeast Asia, plundered resources, and brutalized the people.
