The Road to War
Japan
S1 • E6 Oct 10, 1989 60m
Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, on 7 December 1941, was called 'a date which will live in infamy' by President Roosevelt. But desperate for living space and raw materials, Japan copied the west and sought an empire of her own in Asia. When the United States cut off oil supplies, Japan was forced to act. Drawing on rare film from the period and interviews with the men who fought in Japan's bloody battle for empire in the Far East, Charles Wheeler tells the story of Japan's road to war.