BOOKS - MILITARY HISTORY - Pacific Victory Tarawa to Okinawa 1943-1945
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Pacific Victory Tarawa to Okinawa 1943-1945
Author: Derrick Wright
Year: 2005
Number of pages: 288
Format: PDF
File size: 106,3 MB
Language: ENG
Year: 2005
Number of pages: 288
Format: PDF
File size: 106,3 MB
Language: ENG
The American 'island-hopping' campaign in the Pacific during the Second World War was a crucial factor in the eventual defeat of Japan in 1945. The assault and capture of these seemingly unimportant islands meant US bombers and their fighter escorts could now reach mainland Japan, eventually crippling Japan's war economy.