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War in the Pacific /

War In The Pacific 1941-1945 looks at the war against Japan in the Pacific Islands which formed an integral part of eventual Allied victory in World War II. Setting the scene with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the almost simultaneous attack on US bases on Guam and Wake Island, it then goes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Overy, R. J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Long Island, N.Y. : Osprey Pub., ©2010.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > États-Unis.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Pacifique, Océan.
Military campaigns.
Pacific Ocean.
United States.
1939-1945
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Table of Contents:
  • Operations map : Japanese expansion, 1941-42
  • Imperial Japan
  • Pearl Harbor
  • Blitzkrieg in Asia
  • Corregidor : fall of the Philippines
  • Operations map 1942
  • The Battle of the Coral Sea
  • The Battle of Midway
  • Battle for the Solomons
  • Guadalcanal
  • Operations map 1943
  • Operation "Cartwheel" : war for New Guinea
  • Island hopping in the Pacific : Gilbert and Marshall Islands
  • Operations map 1944
  • The Marianas : defense to the death
  • Battle of the Philippine Sea
  • The Battle of Peleliu
  • The recapture of the Philippines
  • The Battle of Leyte Gulf
  • Operations map 1945
  • Iwo Jima
  • The firebombing of Tokyo
  • Okinawa
  • The Atomic bombs
  • The Japanese surrender.