The Second World War: Asia and the Pacific*** OVER 210,000 WEST POINT MILITARY HISTORY SERIES SETS IN PRINT *** Beginning with a look at the readiness of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy and the United States armed forces, this book gives a detailed account of the Allies' brutal five-year struggle with Japan. It examines the interrelationship of land, sea, and air forces as they battled over the vast reaches of the Pacific Theater of War. |
Contents
Appendix | 11 |
Appendix | 17 |
Japan Victorious | 65 |
5 | 73 |
The Jungle War | 121 |
8 | 149 |
Appendix 20 | 163 |
Appendix 21 | 170 |
Appendix 30 | 202 |
Appendix 31 | 211 |
Appendix 33 | 220 |
Appendix 34 | 226 |
Toward a Newer Order in the Far East | 235 |
Appendix 36 | 236 |
Japanese Order of Battle Southern Regions 1941 | 265 |
Guadalcanal Campaign 19421943 | 279 |
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7th Infantry Division action air forces aircraft airfields airmen Allied amphibious Army assault Atlas Map Australian base Bataan battalion battle battleships beaches began bomb bombers British Burma campaign central Pacific Chiang Chief of Staff China Chinese combat Combined Fleet command Coox Coral Sea Corps cruisers December decision defense destroyed destroyers East fight fighters Formosa Fuchida Group Guadalcanal Guinea Halsey Hawaii Holland Smith Hollandia Imperial General Headquarters Imperial Japanese Navy Infantry Division invasion islands Japan Japanese forces Japanese Navy Joint Chiefs Kimmel Kogun Krueger landing forces Leyte Lieutenant Luzon major Malaya Marianas Marine Division Marshall Midway military Morison move Nagumo naval Nimitz offensive officers Okinawa Pacific Fleet Pacific War Pearl Harbor Attack Philippines pilots Port Moresby position Rabaul raid Rear Admiral regiment reinforcements Reports of MacArthur Saipan ships Shokaku Stilwell Stilwell's strategic submarines Task Force torpedo troops Truk United Vice Admiral victory Washington XXIV Corps Yamamoto