By the summer of 19 forty one, negotiations are not going well at all. Positions seem to be hardened, and you begin to see this dynamic that we talked about earlier. This thi iding towards war. The emperor supposedly has the power to stop a war like this before it starts. If he can do it, then why can't he stop it before it starts? It's an interesting character who gets a lot of criticism. His last name is canoe, and he was the prime minister twice earlier on. He's this sabre rattling pro noi gism. Cano had been vociferously anti anglo american and pro german. On january 20
Deep themes run through this show, with allegations of Japanese war crimes and atrocities in China at the start leading to eerily familiar, almost modern questions over how the world should respond. And then Dec 7, 1941 arrives...