Today in the ARB: Susan Blumberg-Kason reviews “Bernhard Sindberg: The Schindler of Nanjing” by Peter Harmsen Casemate Publishers 'Danish Bernhard Sindberg saved thousands of Chinese lives and his story until now has been forgotten outside China.' asianreviewofbooks.com/content/bernha…

He was a simple factory supervisor who saved the lives of 10,000 Chinese civilians during the Fall of Nanjing. We're so excited that Peter Harmsen's biography of this incredible man is now available on our website!
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Danish factory supervisor Bernhard Sindberg sheltered 10,000 Chinese civilians from Japanese forces after the fall of Nanjing. Peter Harmsen's biography of this remarkable man will be available in March!

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Peter Harmsen has written many different books for us! He studied history at National Taiwan University and was a foreign correspondent in East Asia for over two decades. Here he is pictured with his books translated into a multitude of languages.

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What were the holidays like in the midst of a global war? Casemate author Peter Harmsen writes about the celebration of Christmas 1943 in our latest blog post.
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Japanese prison camps were uniquely gruesome, but for some POWs December 1942 marked a sudden flash of hope in the midst of darkness. Read Peter Harmsen's article on how 81 years ago, starving captives passed Christmas surrounded by death and disease. aarp.org/home-family/vo…

Japanese prison camps were uniquely gruesome, but for some POWs December 1942 marked a sudden flash of hope in the midst of darkness. Read Peter Harmsen's article on how 81 years ago, starving captives passed Christmas surrounded by death and disease. aarp.org/home-family/vo…

'I wish you could be here': Read Peter Harmsen's blog post about December 1943 when millions of young men and women were forced to pass Christmas torn away from their loved ones casematepublishers.com/blog/2023/12/1… #war #history #christmas

'I wish you could be here': Read Peter Harmsen's blog post about December 1943 when millions of young men and women were forced to pass Christmas torn away from their loved ones casematepublishers.com/blog/2023/12/1… #war #history #christmas

July 18, 1943: In New Georgia, US Army's XIV Corps beats back Japanese counterattacks while preparing final assault on Munda airfield

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Peter Harmsen demonstrates how Japan and China's ancient enmity grew in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries leading to increased tensions in the 1930s which exploded into conflict in 1937. #pacificwar #militaryhistory #PearlHarbor

July 15, 1943: Amid slow advance against Japanese on New Georgia, Major General Oscar W. Griswold takes over field command of US Army forces

July 12, 1943: In nightly battle of Kolombangara, an Allied naval force seeks to prevent Japanese vessels from landing troops in Solomon Islands

June 23, 1943: US forces land on Woodlark Island, southwest Pacific

June 10, 1943: Argentinian General Pedro Ramírez, new leader of South American nation, initiates less friendly policy towards Japan and other Axis powers

June 3, 1943: Battle between Chinese and Japanese troops in western Hubei ends in a tactical draw

May 31, 1943: On island of Attu in the Aleutians, soldiers of the US Army’s 7th Division root out last Japanese stragglers

May 15, 1943: Chinese General
Chen Cheng is ordered to return home from Burma front to assist in emergency amid Japanese advance near city of Yichang

May 13, 1943: Amid Japanese resistance, US troops unload supplies in two invasion zones on the island of Attu, northern Pacific

May 11, 1943: US forces make landing on Japanese-occupied island of Attu in the Aleutians