The pacific theater ww2 a list of favorite books 4 over the course of several decades of research and writing i have a small bookshelf of essential titles i often refer to. With brutal honesty and lucid prose, eugene bondurant sledge provides a gruntseye view of infantry combat in the pacific theater of world war ii. Sparked by the japanese attack on pearl harbor on dec. I hoped you enjoyed this video and hope to see more. World war ii veterans stories, listed alphabetically by last name experiencing war. Home browse history military history wars, battles, and military interventions world war ii world war ii pacific theater. During the third week of february 1944, the combined allied air forces based in britain. During the third week of february 1944, the combined allied air forces based in britain and italy launched their first roundtheclock bomber offensive against germany.
One of the costliest battles of world war ii began on september 15, 1944, when u. The best fiction and nonfiction on the war between the allied forces and japan in the pacific theatre. Explore free books, like the victory garden, and more browse now. Books pacific theater books page 1 the national wwii. The story of the uss houston, fdrs legendary lost cruiser, and the epic saga of her survivors hardcover. Discover librarianselected research resources on world war ii pacific theater from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals. Popular world war ii pacific theater books goodreads.
Marines landed on peleliu, a volcanic island in the western pacific. The story of the uss houston, fdrs legendary lost cruiser, and the epic saga of her survi. Stories from the veterans history project of the library of congress, american folklife center. Nicknamed sledgehammer by his comrades, sledge fought with the 1st marine division in the grueling battles of peleliu and okinawa.
Discover librarianselected research resources on world war ii pacific theater from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. As on other battlefields before world war ii and since, the marines. Western pacific operations united states marine corps. World war ii pacific theater questia online library. World war ii is sometimes thought of as primarily a fight against nazi germany, with the war in the pacific as an afterthought. Read your way through wwii with these true stories of blood, sand, and saltwater in pacific locales, including the battles of pearl harbor. This book is the fourth in the fivevolume history of marine corps. Browse and buy a vast selection of world war ii pacific theater books and collectibles on. Shop world war ii pacific theater books and collectibles. Touchstone to victory ballantines illustrated history of world war ii. Listed here are most of the books that would appeal to a general reader, with an emphasis on memoirs. And though the battle locales that constitute the war in the pacific pearl harbor, midway, guadalcanal, iwo jima are common knowledge, the actual struggles that defined the war remain a mystery. Popular world war ii pacific theater books showing 150 of 317 ship of ghosts. World war ii pacific theatre the best fiction and nonfiction on the war between the allied forces and japan in the pacific theatre.
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