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| Peter Schrijvers Based on countless diaries and letters, Schrijvers recounts American GIs' experiences in Asia and the Pacific. From the daunting spaces of the China-India theatre to the fortress islands of Iwo... |
Kenneth Morgan In this Very Short Introduction, Kenneth Morgan provides a wide-ranging and thematic introduction to modern Australia; examining the main features of its history, geography, and culture and drawing attention to... | Donald Nijboer; Jim Laurier With its distinctive, twin-tailed design, the P-38 was one of the most recognizable fighter aircraft of World War II. The P-38 proved the superior fighter. This book recreates these fast... |
Craig Cormick Tells 15 stories - some iconic, many little known - of shipwreck, mutiny, piracy and marooning in the region of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific, concentrating on stories from... | Hugh Ambrose The Official Companion Book to the HBO miniseries from the producers of Band of Brothers |
Ian Pfennigwerth By 1945, MacArthur's forces had advanced from Papua to the Philippines and to Borneo. The majority of the troops, supplies, and equipment for this campaign were transported by sea, and... | Ian Sumner; Graham Turner "ANZAC Infantryman, 1914-15: From New Guinea to Gallipoli". |
Ryoko Adachi; Andrew McKay Focusing on World War 2, this book presents the deepest thoughts drawn from some 200 interviews and responses with Australian veterans. Critically, all tell of what they think of the... | Geoffrey Blainey In 1769, two ships set out in search of a missing continent: a French merchant ship (the St Jean-Baptiste) commanded by Jean de Surville, and a British naval vessel (the... |
Daniel Marston The Pacific War Companion' brings together the perspectives and insights of world-reno wned military historians. From the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor through the release of the atomic bombs on... | Gordon L. Rottman; Howard Gerrard In December 1941, Guam became the first Allied territory lost to the Japanese. Therefore, its recapture was both politically and psychologically of great importance. This book examines the campaign mounted... |
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Nathan Prefer The pivotal Battle of Tinian island, later to become the site of the biggest airport in the world and the base from which the the United States launched their atomic... | Dick Camp In its time, Operation Stalemate, the code name for Peleliu, was not well known. It had been overshadowed by the summer 1944 Allied breakout from Normandy and the... |