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The war in the Pacific began with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and ended with the atomic bombs on Hirsoshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, which led to the surrender in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945. It was a war of great naval battles, such as those in the Coral Sea, at Midway, and at Leyte and of grim jungle battles, at Guadalcanal, New Guinea and Burma. This book explores the many facets of this complicated conflict, which reshaped the face of Asia and splintered forever European invincibility as a colonial power.
The war in the Pacific began with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and ended with the atomic bombs on Hirsoshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, which led to the surrender in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945. It was a war of great naval battles, such as those in the Coral Sea, at Midway, and at Leyte and of grim jungle battles, at Guadalcanal, New Guinea and Burma. This book explores the many facets of this complicated conflict, which reshaped the face of Asia and splintered forever European invincibility as a colonial power.
David Horner is an emeritus professor at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian University, Canberra, where he was previously professor of Australian defence history. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, who served as an infantry platoon commander in South Vietnam, Colonel Horner is the author of over thirty books on military history and defence, including High Command (1982) and Blamey: The Commander-in-Chief (1998).
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Foreword Introduction Europe: the source of war War at sea The Mediterranean Theater The Pacific War The Eastern Front Northwest Europe, 1944-1945 Chronology Chapter 1: Northwest Europe, 1939-1943 Warring sides Outbreak: "a solution by force" The fighting Portrait of a soldier The war economy Occupation, division, and resistance Chapter 2: War at Sea Warring sides Outbreak: the European naval war, 1939-1940 Northern waters, 1940-1944 The Mediterranean Sea The Indian Ocean Portrait of a sailor Shipbuilding From Operation Neptune to Berlin Chapter 3: The Mediterranean Theater Warring sides Outbreak: a parallel war The fighting: from the Desert to the Po Portrait of a soldier Chapter 4: The Pacific War Warring sides Outbreak: Japan's opening moves, 1941 The fighting, January 1942-August 1945 Prisoners of war A new weapon of war Chapter 5: The Eastern Front Warring sides Outbreak: Barbarossa, June-December 1941 The fighting, 1942-1945 Chapter 6: Northwest Europe, 1944-1945 Warring sides Outbreak: Overlord, 6 June-30 August 1944 The fighting: from Market-Garden to VE-Day Portrait of a soldier Aftermath A shattered Germany The new superpowers Counting the cost A catalyst for change Bibliography Index
Foreword Introduction Europe: the source of war War at sea The Mediterranean Theater The Pacific War The Eastern Front Northwest Europe, 1944-1945 Chronology Chapter 1: Northwest Europe, 1939-1943 Warring sides Outbreak: "a solution by force" The fighting Portrait of a soldier The war economy Occupation, division, and resistance Chapter 2: War at Sea Warring sides Outbreak: the European naval war, 1939-1940 Northern waters, 1940-1944 The Mediterranean Sea The Indian Ocean Portrait of a sailor Shipbuilding From Operation Neptune to Berlin Chapter 3: The Mediterranean Theater Warring sides Outbreak: a parallel war The fighting: from the Desert to the Po Portrait of a soldier Chapter 4: The Pacific War Warring sides Outbreak: Japan's opening moves, 1941 The fighting, January 1942-August 1945 Prisoners of war A new weapon of war Chapter 5: The Eastern Front Warring sides Outbreak: Barbarossa, June-December 1941 The fighting, 1942-1945 Chapter 6: Northwest Europe, 1944-1945 Warring sides Outbreak: Overlord, 6 June-30 August 1944 The fighting: from Market-Garden to VE-Day Portrait of a soldier Aftermath A shattered Germany The new superpowers Counting the cost A catalyst for change Bibliography Index
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