The Truest War of Resistance: The Longest Resistance, Fourteen Years in Northeast China Through Japanese Sources, Volumes One and Two

This is a documentary work of military history. Using more than four hundred photographs and maps from the Japanese side, collected by the author in Japan for the first time, the book compares and verifies the historical information they contain against Chinese and Japanese sources. It reveals the arduous, unyielding resistance mounted in Northeast China from 1931 to 1945 by the regular Northeastern Army, the Northeastern Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, and the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army. It also sheds light on little-known figures and events on the Chinese battlefield during that period, involving military forces from China, the Soviet Union, Korea, and elsewhere. In addition, it uncovers the covert struggles surrounding Northeast China, including the activities of Soviet, Japanese, British, and Chinese spies, as well as figures such as Doihara and Yoshiko Kawashima. Exclusive revelations include: (1) the full story behind the failed plot to assassinate Puyi in Tokyo; (2) the mystery surrounding the death of Colonel Tetsuo Higashimiya, known as the “father of the Manchurian settlement corps”; (3) how Takeo Takeda was fabricated as a master spy; (4) an analysis of the real-life inspirations for the protagonists of the TV dramas No One Is Smarter and The Brink; (5) an investigation into the Chinese spy organization “China Salvation Corps,” which operated on Japanese soil.