Pacific Victory
Tarawa to Okinawa 1943-1945
Published on 9. August 2010
256 pages
978-0-7524-9540-8 (ISBN)
Description
The American 'island-hopping' campaign in the Pacific during the Second World War was a crucial factor in the eventual defeat of Japan in 1945. The assault and capture of these islands meant US bombers and their fighter escorts could now reach mainland Japan, disrupting and eventually crippling its war economy. The battles on Tarawa, the Marshall Islands, the Marianas group, Peleliu, Iwo Jima and Okinawa were all characterised by savage fighting and heavy casulaties on both sides. Japanese garrisons often fought to the death and kamikaze air attacks posed a grave threat to the opposing US forces. Employing archive colour and black and white photographs, maps and first-hand accounts, the author relates these pivotal battles to the wider struggle against the Japanese in the Pacific.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
File size
2,22 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7524-9540-8 (9780752495408)
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DERRICK WRIGHT's interest in the Second World War was stimulated by the many Luftwaffe bombing raids on his native Teesside. He is the author of Tarawa: A Hell of a Way to Die, Pacific Victory and Peleliu: To the Far Side of Hell. Married with four daughters, he lives on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology of the Pacific War
- Introduction
- 1. Tarawa
- 2. The Marshall Islands
- 3. The Marianas
- 4. Peleliu
- 5. Iwo Jima
- 6. Okinawa
- Select Bibliography
