The Pacific War: The Story of the Bitter Struggle in the Pacific Theatre of World War IIThere has never been a war like the one in the Pacific between the American Allies and the Empire of Japan. Unrivalled in its scope, it was a clash of cultures that turned tropical islands into killing grounds and laid waste cities with weapons of mass destruction. It turned World War II into a global war and ended with Japan's surrender. Here, an expert panel of ex-servicemen and military historians describe with clarity and dramatic detail each step of the conflict, providing a unique account of the myriad operations and underlying strategy of the bitter struggle to defeat Japan. |
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Contents
DELAYING ACTION OR FOUL DECEPTION | |
THE JAPANESE OCTOPUS | |
THE TURNING POINT | |
Watson | |
THE ADVANCE THROUGH THE SOLOMONS | |
THE GILBERTS AND THE MARSHALLS | |
SECURING MACARTHURS FLANK | |
THE RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES | |
THE PHILIPPINES RECONQUERED | |
Nalty | |
THE LAST INVASION | |
JAPAN ISOLATED | |
JAPAN IN FLAMES | |
SOURCES OF VICTORY | |
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1st Marine 27th Infantry Division 4th Marine Division advance aircraft carrier airfields Allied American amphibious Angaur Army Air Forces Army’s artillery ashore assault Atoll Australian base Bataan battalions battle battleships beaches beachhead bomb bombardment bombers British Burma campaign captured casualties Chiang Chiefs of Staff China Chinese commander Corps damaged December defenders destroyers enemy escort carriers February fighters fighting fire Formosa Guinea guns Halsey Halsey’s invasion island Iwo Jima Japan Japanese Navy Joint Chiefs jungle kamikazes killed launched Leyte Luzon MacArthur Malaya Manila Marianas Marine Division Marshalls Midway miles Nagumo naval Netherlands East Indies Nimitz offensive Okinawa operation Pacific Fleet patrol Pearl Harbor Peleliu Peninsula Philippines planes Rabaul raid Rear Adm regiment reinforcements Saipan sank seize ships soldiers Solomons Spruance Stilwell Strait strike submarines tanks targets Task Force 58 torpedo Truk United Vice Adm victory warships wounded XIV Corps Yamamoto
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Pacific War: The Story of the Bitter Struggle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II Classic Conflicts |
| Editor | Bernard C. Nalty |
| Publisher | Pavilion Books, 2015 |
| ISBN | 1849943176, 9781849943178 |
| Length | 300 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / General History / Military / General History / Military / World War II |
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