VIOLET LIGHTNING

An epic achievement over one hundred years in the making…In December 1941, Japan had perhaps the greatest combination of land, sea, and air forces the world had ever seen, and she used these to conquer a huge empire in the Western Pacific and East Asia. Yet by August 1945, Japan had been beaten to her knees by the combined power of China, Great Britain, and the United States.Was this destruction inevitable? Did Japan have no chance to defeat America and her allies? Why would she think she could