The Pacific. Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal 1

Wertz, Jay (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 0984212701
ISBN: 9780984212705
Physical Description: 256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm.
print
Publisher: Leesburg, VA : Weider History Publications, [2010]
Copyright: ℗♭2010

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prelude to war. Japan emerges and builds an empire -- Pacific Naval power -- A well planned gamble -- Politics and diplomacy -- Attack on Pearl Harbor. Prelude to the attack -- Island paradise -- Missed opportunities -- The quietest time -- The day after -- Japanese expansion after Pearl Harbor. Campaign for the Philippines -- Amphibious operations on Luzon -- The battle of Bataan -- Corregidor : Gibraltar of the East -- The Bataan Death March -- Subjugation of Guam and Wake Island -- The horse cavalry of Luzon -- America strikes back. The navy takes the lead -- Fast carrier strikes -- Bombs over Tokyo -- Operation "Mo" and the Coral Sea -- Operation "Mi" -- The battle of Midway -- "I sank the Yorktown at Midway" -- Rest and refitting. Gearing up for Total War -- Policy issues East and West -- Operations in the southwest Pacific -- Submarine operations -- The struggle for Guadalcanal and Papua/New Guinea. The old breed -- In the land of the fuzzy wuzzies -- Moment of truth : Guadalcanal invaded -- The battle of Savo Island -- The Marines dug in -- "On the edge of danger : ten months in the jungle".