From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa: The War in the Pacific, 1941-1945Describes every major action in the Pacific during World War II: Pearl Harbor, Bataan, Corregidor, Midway, Guadalcanal, New Guinea, Burma, Leyte, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Hiroshima, etc. |
Contents
The Japanese Attack | 3 |
The Fall of the Philippines | 25 |
The Tide Turns | 53 |
Copyright | |
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