Description

On December 7, 1941, Japanese fighter planes appeared from the clouds above Pearl Harbor and fundamentally changed the course of history; with this one surprise attack, the previously isolationist America was irrevocably thrown into the fray and World War II had begun in earnest.

This definitive history reveals each of the major battles that America would fight in the ensuing struggle against Imperial Japan, from the naval clashes at Midway and Coral Sea to the desperate, bloody fighting on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Each chapter reveals both the horrors of the battle and the Allies' grim yet heroic determination to wrest victory from what often seemed to be certain defeat, offering a valuable guide to the long road to victory in the Pacific. It is the definitive guide to a unique conflict in history, documenting the rise of naval aviation, spectacular amphibious operations, co-ordinated suicide tactics, and the birth of the atomic age.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction


Pearl Harbor by Carl Smith
Coral Sea by Mark Stille
Midway by Mark Stille
Guadalcanal by Joseph Mueller
Tarawa by Derrick Wright
Marshall Islands by Gordon L. Rottman
Peleliu by Jim Moran and Gordon L. Rottman
Leyte Gulf by Bernard Ireland
Iwo Jima by Derrick Wright
Okinawa by Gordon L. Rottman

Index

Product details

Published Jul 21 2015
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 328
ISBN 9781472810618
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 127 black-and-white and 16 colour images
Dimensions 198 x 129 mm
Series General Military
Short code GNM
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Robert O'Neill

Professor Robert O’Neill is the consultant editor…

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Carl Smith

Carl Smith has had a life long fascination with ma…

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Mark Stille

Mark Stille is the author of numerous Osprey title…

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Joseph Mueller

Joseph N. Mueller is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U…

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Derrick Wright

Derrick Wright's interest in WWII was sparked by h…

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Jim Moran

Jim Moran has written extensively on the uniforms,…

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Gordon L. Rottman

Gordon L. Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, vol…

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Bernard Ireland

Foreword

Dale Dye

Dale Dye enlisted in the United States Marine Corp…

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