William T Johnsen: 1 book
The Origins of the Grand Alliance
Anglo-American Military Collaboration from the Panay Incident to Pearl Harbor
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2016
On December 12, 1937, Japanese aircraft sank the American gunboat Panay, which was anchored in the Yangtze River outside Nanjing, China. Although the Japanese apologized, the attack turned American public opinion against Japan, and President Roosevelt dispatched Captain Royal Ingersoll to London to...
