Using previously neglected archives of firsthand accounts, Dan van der Vat interweaves eyewitness testimony with sharp, analytic narrative in a vivid account of the war in the Pacific. Filled with startling new insights, he examines strategic and political aspects of the war, on both sides and at all levels. 24 pages of photographs.
Using previously neglected archives of firsthand accounts, Dan van der Vat interweaves eyewitness testimony with sharp, analytic narrative in a vivid account of the war in the Pacific. Filled with startling new insights, he examines strategic and political aspects of the war, on both sides and at all levels. 24 pages of photographs.
Dan van der Vat is the author of The Atlantic Campaign, The Ship That Changed the World, Gentlemen of War, and The Grand Scuttle. He lives in London, England.
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Contents LIST OF MAPS Preface The Rise of Japan Introduction US errs Japan strikes Pearl Harbor Philippines Guam Wake Island British battleships sunk PART I COLLISION COURSE Chapter 1 The View from the East Japan expands German alliance Japanese militarism Hirohito the Navy Manchuria the Army revolts "China Incident" clashes with Russia autarky and reform US reacts Japan takes the southern option Yamamoto US overreacts the junta goes to war Chapter 2 The View from the West Origins of World War II US neutrality Washington Conference US isolationism Roosevelt US lntelligence "Purple" hunt for scapegoats "Magic" and "Ultra" who knew? the Maryknoll mission last talks US war warning war PART II JAPAN RAMPANT Chapter 3 Japan Attacks Churchill on the rack British trounced in Malaya Singapore falls US Navy stretched uncommon front from Burma to Australia Japan's strategy the "Zero" fighter ABDA command Dutch East Indies Indian Ocean Bataan and the "Death March" Chapter 4 The Giant Awakes US Admirals Kimmel King Nimitz Halsey US Navy hits back Doolittle bombs Tokyo US submarines and dud torpedoes Japan goes too far General MacArthur, USA Chapter 5 The Turn of the Tide Junta dazed by its own success what next? Battle of the Coral Sea Japan halted Rochefort's intelligence Battle of Midway Admiral Spruance Japan thrashed US Aleutians seized Chapter 6 Papua and Guadalcanal US goes for Rabaul gallant little Australia General Sir Thomas Blamey MacArthur takes over Papua campaign target southern Solomons Marines land Japanese counter US disaster at Savo Island US raid on Makin "Tokyo Express" Henderson Field carriers clash Japan reinforces Chapter 7 At Sea in the Solomons US reinforces submarine I19 "Bloody Ridge" battles in the Slot Halsey takes over Sergeant Basilone, USMC US carriers hit US admirals and cruisers lost "L" for language "Tenacious Tanaka" know throe enemy Japan withdraws from Guadalcanal and Papua US torpedo debacle PART III AMERICA RESURGENT Chapter 8 Intelligence Applied Casablanca Operation Cartwheel crisis in Japan Bismarck Sea battle blood in the water Yamamoto's last flight code-breaking chaos Japanese intelligence a German view Japan's substandard subs Chapter 9 Birth of the Leapfrog Aleutians regained death of a pilot Lae and Salamaua, New Guinea up the Solomons ladder bypass and leapfrog-Bougainville New Britain Japan trims soldiers' gripes conferences Chapter 10 Hitting the Beaches The Gilberts shock of Tarawa divided US command the Marshalls invaded Truk battered Rabaul bypassed sitting out the war MacArthur leapfrogs western New Guinea Morotai Chapter 11 The Marianas and the Great Turkey Shoot US prepares the B-29 bomber Saipan Philippine Sea battle "Turkey Shoot" Spruance blamed for winning US Marines versus US Army Nagumo's last stand human lemmings Tinian Guam recovered Tojo à gogo US submarine heyday wolfpacks and convoys Japanese interservice rivalry MacArthur shall return Chapter 12 THE Philippines and Leyte Gulf British return Mindanao bypassed "hitting 'em where they ain't" more Morotai Palau Formosa Leyte invaded Mac back kamikaze Battle of Leyte Gulf "The world wonders" struggles ashore Halsey's typhoon Luzon Chapter 13 "...Not Necessarily to Japan's Advantage..." Bombing Japan junta blames people subs strangle Japan Iwo Jima flag up (twice) Okinawa supership Yamato sunk US mighty, slow Prime Minister Suzuki death of FDR Truman-the Bomb USS Indianapolis Potsdam Declaration Hiroshima enter the USSR Nagasaki surrender the final score MacArthur' s last word ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND SOURCES INDEX
Contents LIST OF MAPS Preface The Rise of Japan Introduction US errs Japan strikes Pearl Harbor Philippines Guam Wake Island British battleships sunk PART I COLLISION COURSE Chapter 1 The View from the East Japan expands German alliance Japanese militarism Hirohito the Navy Manchuria the Army revolts "China Incident" clashes with Russia autarky and reform US reacts Japan takes the southern option Yamamoto US overreacts the junta goes to war Chapter 2 The View from the West Origins of World War II US neutrality Washington Conference US isolationism Roosevelt US lntelligence "Purple" hunt for scapegoats "Magic" and "Ultra" who knew? the Maryknoll mission last talks US war warning war PART II JAPAN RAMPANT Chapter 3 Japan Attacks Churchill on the rack British trounced in Malaya Singapore falls US Navy stretched uncommon front from Burma to Australia Japan's strategy the "Zero" fighter ABDA command Dutch East Indies Indian Ocean Bataan and the "Death March" Chapter 4 The Giant Awakes US Admirals Kimmel King Nimitz Halsey US Navy hits back Doolittle bombs Tokyo US submarines and dud torpedoes Japan goes too far General MacArthur, USA Chapter 5 The Turn of the Tide Junta dazed by its own success what next? Battle of the Coral Sea Japan halted Rochefort's intelligence Battle of Midway Admiral Spruance Japan thrashed US Aleutians seized Chapter 6 Papua and Guadalcanal US goes for Rabaul gallant little Australia General Sir Thomas Blamey MacArthur takes over Papua campaign target southern Solomons Marines land Japanese counter US disaster at Savo Island US raid on Makin "Tokyo Express" Henderson Field carriers clash Japan reinforces Chapter 7 At Sea in the Solomons US reinforces submarine I19 "Bloody Ridge" battles in the Slot Halsey takes over Sergeant Basilone, USMC US carriers hit US admirals and cruisers lost "L" for language "Tenacious Tanaka" know throe enemy Japan withdraws from Guadalcanal and Papua US torpedo debacle PART III AMERICA RESURGENT Chapter 8 Intelligence Applied Casablanca Operation Cartwheel crisis in Japan Bismarck Sea battle blood in the water Yamamoto's last flight code-breaking chaos Japanese intelligence a German view Japan's substandard subs Chapter 9 Birth of the Leapfrog Aleutians regained death of a pilot Lae and Salamaua, New Guinea up the Solomons ladder bypass and leapfrog-Bougainville New Britain Japan trims soldiers' gripes conferences Chapter 10 Hitting the Beaches The Gilberts shock of Tarawa divided US command the Marshalls invaded Truk battered Rabaul bypassed sitting out the war MacArthur leapfrogs western New Guinea Morotai Chapter 11 The Marianas and the Great Turkey Shoot US prepares the B-29 bomber Saipan Philippine Sea battle "Turkey Shoot" Spruance blamed for winning US Marines versus US Army Nagumo's last stand human lemmings Tinian Guam recovered Tojo à gogo US submarine heyday wolfpacks and convoys Japanese interservice rivalry MacArthur shall return Chapter 12 THE Philippines and Leyte Gulf British return Mindanao bypassed "hitting 'em where they ain't" more Morotai Palau Formosa Leyte invaded Mac back kamikaze Battle of Leyte Gulf "The world wonders" struggles ashore Halsey's typhoon Luzon Chapter 13 "...Not Necessarily to Japan's Advantage..." Bombing Japan junta blames people subs strangle Japan Iwo Jima flag up (twice) Okinawa supership Yamato sunk US mighty, slow Prime Minister Suzuki death of FDR Truman-the Bomb USS Indianapolis Potsdam Declaration Hiroshima enter the USSR Nagasaki surrender the final score MacArthur' s last word ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND SOURCES INDEX
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