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D-Days in the Pacific (Paperback, 1st Simon & Schuster pbk. ed)
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D-Days in the Pacific (Paperback, 1st Simon & Schuster pbk. ed)
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Although most people associate the term D-Day with the Normandy
invasion on June 6, 1944, it is military code for the beginning of
any offensive operation. In the Pacific theater during World War II
there were more than one hundred D-Days. The largest -- and last --
was the invasion of Okinawa on April 1, 1945, which brought
together the biggest invasion fleet ever assembled, far larger than
that engaged in the Normandy invasion.
"D-Days in the Pacific" tells the epic story of the campaign waged
by American forces to win back the Pacific islands from Japan.
Based on eyewitness accounts by the combatants, it covers the
entire Pacific struggle from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the
dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Pacific war
was largely a seaborne offensive fought over immense distances.
Many of the amphibious assaults on Japanese-held islands were among
the most savagely fought battles in American history: Guadalcanal,
Tarawa, Saipan, New Guinea, Peleliu, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, Okinawa.
Generously illustrated with photographs and maps, "D-Days in the
Pacific" is the finest one-volume account of this titanic struggle.
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