The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944
(Book #2 in the The Pacific War Trilogy Series)
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Book Overview
This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War--the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944--when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a "conquering tide," concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic defeat in the Marianas. It was the largest, bloodiest, most costly, most technically innovative and logistically complicated amphibious war in history, and...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0393080641
ISBN13:9780393080643
Release Date:September 2015
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:656 Pages
Weight:2.56 lbs.
Dimensions:1.7" x 6.5" x 9.7"
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Excellent 2nd volume on the war in the Pacific.
Published by John Cairns , 5 years ago
My only beef is that the author covers material that was presented in ‘Pacific Crucible’ but the book is still every bit as entertaining as the first volume.
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