Victory in the PacificAtheneum, 1983 - 217 Seiten Covers events from the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor through the battles of Midway, Guadalcanal, the Solomon Islands, Savo Island, the Doolittle raid on Tokyo, Corregidor Island, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima , and Okinawa. In each case, readers see the battles through the eyes of the men who were there, landing on the beaches, running raids in PT boats, dodging kamikaze bombers, and flying missions over Japan. In an easily accessible style, Marrin relates not only the important details of these conquests but also explains the military strategies of both the Allied forces and the Japanese. Readers get an overarching view of the war that helps to bring understanding especially as American forces drew increasingly closer to Japan and the Japanese grew ever more determined to fight to the end. Marrin helps readers to understand the Japanese mindset that made surrender impossible and ultimately led to the decision to drop the atomic bomb in the interests of saving millions of lives. For the young adult reader, or even an adult unfamiliar with this period of WWII history, this book provides a sobering but inspiring look of the men and women, the nations and ideologies, that battled over half a century ago in the Pacific theater. Illustrated with diagrams, maps and photographs. |
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... charged , shouting their battle cries . " Banzai ! " " Marines , we kill you ! " " Blood for the Emperor ! " Some ... charge , then , minutes later , another red rocket would shoot across the sky . Slowly the attackers forced the marines ...
... charged , shouting their battle cries . " Banzai ! " " Marines , we kill you ! " " Blood for the Emperor ! " Some ... charge , then , minutes later , another red rocket would shoot across the sky . Slowly the attackers forced the marines ...
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... charge . There had been other Japanese charges in the Pacific war , but none like this . It was a suicide charge . The defeated enemy wanted to die " honorably , " taking as many marines as possible with him . Only the leathernecks ...
... charge . There had been other Japanese charges in the Pacific war , but none like this . It was a suicide charge . The defeated enemy wanted to die " honorably , " taking as many marines as possible with him . Only the leathernecks ...
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... less than a minute the submarine was completely submerged . " Rig for depth charges ! Rig for silent running. This unusual photograph of a sinking Japanese destroyer was taken through the periscope of an American. The Silent Service 161 ·
... less than a minute the submarine was completely submerged . " Rig for depth charges ! Rig for silent running. This unusual photograph of a sinking Japanese destroyer was taken through the periscope of an American. The Silent Service 161 ·
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