Author: Malcolm E. Falkus
Publisher:
Published: 1979-01
Total Pages: 754
ISBN-13: 9780711200050
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Cesare Salmaggi
Publisher:
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780861366149
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Charles Kupfer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2012-04-05
Total Pages: 457
ISBN-13: 1441186638
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Some of the worst military disasters in U.S. history occurred between Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and the Battle of Midway in June 1942. During this period, the American people faced a barrage of bad news and accounts of defeats and retreats. Yet if they were shocked and dismayed, they showed little panic. Indomitable Will resurrects the legacy of this first half-year of American combat during WWII -a legacy of pain, but not of woe. Historian Charles Kupfer recounts the story of the war's early defeats: Bataan, Corregidor, Wake Island, and the Java Sea. Some of these battles remain evocative today; others are obscure; all were catastrophes for American arms. Kupfer asserts, however, that later victories were made inevitable by the steeling effect of those initial disasters. Weaving together military, journalistic, political, and cultural histories, this engaging book shows that by setting their collective will on victory, Americans in and out of uniform gained strength from their setbacks. Indomitable Will spells out how the nation turned early defeat into ultimate victory.
Author: Gene E. Salecker
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 2007-10-09
Total Pages: 490
ISBN-13: 0306817152
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Most often remembered for its role in the air war against Germany, no book has ever before been devoted to the B-17's Pacific operations. The author combines technical and operational detail with eyewitness accounts by crews and commanders to present a fascinating account of a famous aircraft at war.
Author: Gene Eric Salecker
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2010-08-17
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 0811742350
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Complete account of airborne operations in the Pacific theater. Firsthand descriptions from American and Japanese paratroopers. Detailed maps illustrate battles.
Author: Gene Eric Salecker
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2008-04-16
Total Pages: 602
ISBN-13: 0811743624
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First work dedicated solely to the use of Army tanks in the Pacific Theater. Covers armor battles in the Philippines, Makin, the Solomons, Rabaul, New Guinea, Saipan, Guam, and Okinawa.