Pacific Victory Tarawa to Okinawa 1943-1945

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Pacific Victory: Tarawa to Okinawa 1943-1945
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by Derrick Wright

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http://www.amazon.com/Pacific-Victory-Tarawa-Ok.../0750937467


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Description
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# Pages: 256
# Publisher: Sutton Publishing
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0750937467
# ISBN-13: 978-0750937467

The American 'island-hopping' campaign in the Pacific during the Second
World War was a crucial factor in the eventual defeat of Japan in 1945.
The assault and capture of these seemingly unimportant islands meant US
bombers and their fighter escorts could now reach mainland Japan,
eventually crippling Japan's war economy. In November 1943, Tarawa tested
the doctrine of seaborne assault to the limit in a 76-hour battle in
which Marines waded ashore from the surrounding reefs in the face of
murderous enemy fire. Peleliu in September 1944 was the 'unknown battle',
where a combination of poor planning, dubious leadership and a major
change in Japanese defensive strategy turned what was expected to be a
three-day battle into one of the most savage battles of the war. Iwo Jima
in February 1945 was a titanic struggle that eclipsed all these battles,
as three Marine divisions struggled in appalling conditions against an
enemy for whom surrender was not an option. That April a massive Marine
Army operation against Okinawa was a foretaste of what could be expected
in the proposed assault on the Japanese mainland. These battles were all
characterised by savage fighting and heavy casualties on both sides.
Employing archive colour and black & white photographs, maps and first
hand accounts, the author relates these pivotal battles to the wider
struggle against the Japanese in the Pacific.