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Victory in the Pacific
Andy Rawson
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Description for Victory in the Pacific
Paperback. Series: Images of War. Num Pages: 120 pages, 250 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 190 x 11. Weight in Grams: 472.
By Spring 1945, while the war in Europe was coming to a close, in the Pacific there was no end to hostilities in sight. The Japanese, albeit retreating, defended every outpost and island with fanatical determination and all the indications were that Japan would have to be invaded at a terrible cost. The two atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki changed this and the world forever. Victory in the Pacific tells the story of the last six months of the war against Japan in the Pacific, the Philippines, Burma and China in words and pictures, culminating in the ... Read more
By Spring 1945, while the war in Europe was coming to a close, in the Pacific there was no end to hostilities in sight. The Japanese, albeit retreating, defended every outpost and island with fanatical determination and all the indications were that Japan would have to be invaded at a terrible cost. The two atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki changed this and the world forever. Victory in the Pacific tells the story of the last six months of the war against Japan in the Pacific, the Philippines, Burma and China in words and pictures, culminating in the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Images of War
Condition
New
Weight
472g
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844152896
SKU
V9781844152896
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Andy Rawson
Andy Rawson has spent many months researching the material for this book on both sides of the Atlantic. He is the author of numerous Pen and Sword titles and this is his third Images of War series work (Battle of the Bulge and Victory in Europe). He lives at Skipton, Yorkshire.
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