ABSTRACT

In Europe, the Second World War was an intensified continuation of the First. The Japanese, unlike the Italians and the Germans, were described as a race that were not only different but incompatible with civilization, and even with humanity. The old Japanese Empire has become Westernized, not only in its economy but also in everyday life and even in its most deep-rooted customs. Japan continued to make war on China with its right hand, while with its left hand it confronted simultaneously the greatest power in the world, the rest of Asia, Oceania and the colonial empires. In the countries liberated from European colonialism enthusiasm touched the skies. Paranoia blinded the military not only with omnipotence - which is often a consequence of paranoia - but also because of their code of honour, which made their reasoning rigid.