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Allied Communications Intelligence And The Monsoon Group, 1943-1945, Christopher G. Stuart
Allied Communications Intelligence And The Monsoon Group, 1943-1945, Christopher G. Stuart
History Theses & Dissertations
The critical weakness of trade between Germany and Japan during the Second World War was exposed in 1943, when, after all other methods had failed, the Axis powers resorted to submarines as their main means of transportation. The Allied powers succeeded in disrupting the submarines, which the Germans called the Monsoon group. The Allies used communications intelligence to disrupt the Monsoon group in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Recently released United States Armed Forces LTRA decrypts, MAGIC messages and their summaries, and Selected Research Histories (SRH) provide the previously top secret details.
English As An International Language: A Sociolinguistic Analysis Of The Japanese Experience, Marek M. Koscielecki
English As An International Language: A Sociolinguistic Analysis Of The Japanese Experience, Marek M. Koscielecki
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
This study was designed to investigate the nature of English as an International Language (ElL) in Japan from both a diachronic and a synchronic point of view, drawing some comparison with countries in South East Asia and Africa. Using comparative material from socio-historical and sociolinguistic literature from other countries it was possible to examine the use and cultivation of English in Japan and compare it with that in other countries where English fulfils different roles. The material on Japan was supplemented by research based on data obtained from questionnaires both at the high school level and within business corporations. From …