What was more, no sooner had the Nhpum Ga drama played out, when the Japanese unleashed a massive effort that threatened to unhinge the entire Allied strategic position on the Asian continent. From the first moment of the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese had deliberately chosen to fight a perilous two-front war—one against the Western powers in the Pacific and Asian rim and the other against the Chinese. Knowing that the tide of war had turned against them in the Pacific, the Japanese high command decided to turn up the pressure in China, where they enjoyed a qualitative military superiority
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