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Second World War, The (1) - The Pacific

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Essential Histories - World War I & II

Last Stocked on 1/26/2021

Product Info

Title
Second World War, The (1) - The Pacific
Publisher
Category
Author
David Horner
Publish Year
2002
Pages
96
Dimensions
6.75x9.75x.375"
NKG Part #
2147343510
MFG. Part #
OSPESS018
Type
Softcover
Series
ESS18

Description

The war in the Pacific began with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and ended with the atomic bombs on Hirsoshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, which led to the surrender in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945. It was a war of great naval battles, such as those in the Coral Sea, at Medway, and at Leyte and of grim jungle battles, at Guadalcanal, New Guinea and Burma. This book explores the many facets of this complicated conflict, which reshaped the face of Asia and splintered forever European invincibility as a colonial power.