The Road to Victory: From Pearl Harbor to Okinawa (General Military)

On December 7, 1941, as the Japanese dived out of the clouds above Pearl Harbor, America's future was fundamentally altered. Ever since the first world conflict, the United States had resisted the temptation to be drawn into wars outside of its borders. But with this one surprise attack America was inevitably thrown into the fray as the Second World War erupted. This new history by military specialists, Osprey Publishing, reveals each of the battles America would fight against Imperial Japan from the naval clashes at Midway and Coral Sea to the desperate, bloody fighting on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Each chapter reveals the horrors of battle and the grim determination to wrest victory from certain defeat. Using an astonishing collection of wartime imagery and complete with dozen of full-colour maps, this is an invaluable visual guide to the road to victory. From the Hardcover edition No war has tested the resolve of the American people and her fighting men as did the battles in the Pacific. This book is a visual testament to the key battles fought in the Pacific.On December 7, 1941, as the Japanese dived out of the clouds above Pearl Harbor, America's future was fundamentally altered. Ever since the first world conflict, the United States had resisted the temptation to be drawn into wars outside of its borders. But with this one surprise attack America was inevitably thrown into the fray as the Second World War erupted.This history by military specialists, Osprey Publishing, reveals each of the battles America would fight against Imperial Japan from the naval clashes at Midway and Coral Sea to the desperate, bloody fighting on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Each chapter reveals the horrors of battle and the grim determination to wrest victory from certain defeat.Using an astonishing collection of wartime imagery and complete with dozen of full-colour maps, this is an invaluable visual guide to the road to victory. COVER......Page 1 CONTENTS......Page 7 FORWARD......Page 9 INTRODUCTION......Page 13 PEARL HARBOR......Page 17 CORAL SEA......Page 45 MIDWAY......Page 67 GUADALCANAL......Page 93 TARAWA......Page 119 MARSHALL ISLANDS......Page 143 PELELIU......Page 169 LEYTE GULF......Page 193 IWO JIMA......Page 219 OKINAWA......Page 247 INDEX......Page 270 COVER......Page 276 Pearl Harbor / by Carl Smith Coral Sea / by Mark Stille Midway / by Mark Stille Guadalcanal / by Joseph Mueller Tarawa / by Derrick Wright Marshall Islands / by Gordon L. Rottman Peleliu / by Gordon L. Rottman Leyte Gulf / by Bernard Ireland Iwo Jima / by Derrick Wright Okinawa / by Gordon L. Rottman. Om ti af de største slag, der blev udkæmpet mellem USA og Japan under Stillehavskrigen - fra det japanske angreb på Pearl Harbor i 1941 og frem til slagene om Iwo Jima og Okinawa i 1945. For hvert slag beskrives baggrunden, parternes planer, styrker og øverstkommanderende, og slagets gang "[This book] reveals each of the major battles America would fight in the ensuing struggle against Imperial Japan, from the naval clashes at Midway and Coral Sea to the desperate, bloody fighting on Iwo Jima and Okinawa"--Jacket