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A Flight of 10,000km: A Record by an Officer of Weather Information /

Publisher: Oshinsha,


Title Details
  • A Flight of 10,000km: A Record by an Officer of Weather Information /
Publishers
  • Tokyo : Oshinsha, 1989
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Location RHC
Item Call Number RHC-Jap I439 1989
Status Available
Itemnotes IN PROCESS
Barcode RHC-J-2014-0084
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Imazato, Atou
Title Statement
  • Title - A Flight of 10,000km: A Record by an Officer of Weather Information /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - Atou Imazato
Varying Form Of Title
  • Title proper/short title - Haisou Ichiman Kirometoru: Ichi Kishou Shoukou no Shuki
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Tokyo :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Oshinsha,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1989
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc. - "The author was sent to New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, China and Korea as a technical officer of expert of meteorological observation during the World War II. The author got to know that the Japanese military was on the backfoot for the first time in New Guinea, in his first place of assignment. This book is his memoires which the author saw the process of defeat of the war for Japan with his own eyes through having overseas war experience which reached 10,000 kilometers of travelling distance." - Masuko Takehisa
  • Summary, etc. - "筆者は、気象専門の技術将校として、ニューギニア、フィリピン、台湾、中国そして朝鮮に派遣された。筆者は、最初の赴任地ニューギニアで初めて日本軍の劣勢を知った。この本は、筆者が気象将校として派遣された一万キロに及ぶ海外での戦争経験を通じて、日本の敗戦への過程を目の当たりにした手記である。" - Masuko Takehisa