World War Ii Pacific Island Guide

Author : Gordon Rottman
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015053768563

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World War II Pacific Island Guide by Gordon Rottman Pdf

Covering all Pacific islands involved in World War II military operations, this book is a detailed, single source of information on virtually every geo-military aspect of the Pacific Theater. Arranged regionally and, to the extent possible, chronologically according to when islands entered the war, entries provide complete background information. Along with island names, nicknames, Allied code names, location, and wartime time zones, the entries include such topics as the island's physical characteristics, weather, health hazards, historical background, native population, natural resources, and military value. Japanese and Allied strategies and operations, military problems caused by terrain, military installations, Japanese units and key commanders, Allied units and key commanders, and brief battle descriptions are also covered along with the island's postwar status. A valuable resource for researchers, historians, military history enthusiasts, and war gamers, the book provides complete background information on the geo-military aspects of the Pacific Ocean region, its islands, and the roles they played in the war. 108 maps provide specific information. Until now, geo-military information could only be found by searching four to ten publications on each island.

Author : Gordon Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313075582

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World War II Pacific Island Guide by Gordon Rottman Pdf

Covering all Pacific islands involved in World War II military operations, this book is a detailed, single source of information on virtually every geo-military aspect of the Pacific Theater. Arranged regionally and, to the extent possible, chronologically according to when islands entered the war, entries provide complete background information. Along with island names, nicknames, Allied code names, location, and wartime time zones, the entries include such topics as the island's physical characteristics, weather, health hazards, historical background, native population, natural resources, and military value. Japanese and Allied strategies and operations, military problems caused by terrain, military installations, Japanese units and key commanders, Allied units and key commanders, and brief battle descriptions are also covered along with the island's postwar status. A valuable resource for researchers, historians, military history enthusiasts, and war gamers, the book provides complete background information on the geo-military aspects of the Pacific Ocean region, its islands, and the roles they played in the war. 108 maps provide specific information. Until now, geo-military information could only be found by searching four to ten publications on each island.

Author : Gordon Rottman
Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0313313954

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World War II Pacific Island Guide by Gordon Rottman Pdf

Covering all Pacific islands involved in World War II military operations, this book is a detailed, single source of information on virtually every geo-military aspect of the Pacific Theater. Arranged regionally and, to the extent possible, chronologically according to when islands entered the war, entries provide complete background information. Along with island names, nicknames, Allied code names, location, and wartime time zones, the entries include such topics as the island's physical characteristics, weather, health hazards, historical background, native population, natural resources, and military value. Japanese and Allied strategies and operations, military problems caused by terrain, military installations, Japanese units and key commanders, Allied units and key commanders, and brief battle descriptions are also covered along with the island's postwar status. A valuable resource for researchers, historians, military history enthusiasts, and war gamers, the book provides complete background information on the geo-military aspects of the Pacific Ocean region, its islands, and the roles they played in the war. 108 maps provide specific information. Until now, geo-military information could only be found by searching four to ten publications on each island.

Author : Milan N. Vego
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 193535244X

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Major Fleet-Versus-Fleet Operations in the Pacific War, 1941-1945 by Milan N. Vego Pdf

"A detailed study of three major naval operations of World War II. These three, initiated by imperial Japan, took place in the Pacific and resulted in the battles of the Coral Sea, Midway/Aleutians, and the Philippine Sea. All the cases provide ample background on the geographic and strategic context of the operations, as well as an account of the unfolding of the action utilizing much primary source material in, especially, American and Japanese archives"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Earl R. Hinz
Publisher : Bess Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 1573060089

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Pacific Island Battlegrounds of World War II by Earl R. Hinz Pdf

Highlights decisive WWII military operations in Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia, and their effects on the islands. Illustrations, maps, and index.

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351882163

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The Second World War by Jeremy Black Pdf

World War II defined the 20th century and shaped the contemporary world; from the decolonization of Africa to the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. This comprehensive series, edited by one of the worlds leading military historians, offers a focused overview of this complex and volatile era, taking into account the political, economic and social factors, as well as military circumstances of the road to war and its consequences. Augmented by a full length and detailed introduction by the editor, each volume gathers together the seminal articles on specific arenas of the war, providing a convenient and essential resource for researchers and general readers alike.

Author : Wallace B. Black,Jean F. Blashfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0896865673

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Island Hopping in the Pacific by Wallace B. Black,Jean F. Blashfield Pdf

Explains why it was necessary for allied forces to make their way through islands up the Pacific on the way to invading and conquering Japan.

Author : Geoffrey Miles White,Lamont Lindstrom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UCSD:31822003755394

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The Pacific Theater by Geoffrey Miles White,Lamont Lindstrom Pdf

Contributions from anthropologists participating in a symposium of the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, New Harmony, Indiana, 1986, examine the experiences of Pacific Islanders in the war and their remembrances of it as observers, laborers, on patrol, under bombardment. The studies de

Author : Anne Sharp Wells
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538102565

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Historical Dictionary of World War II by Anne Sharp Wells Pdf

Historical Dictionary of World War II: The War Against Japan, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and more than 500 cross-referenced entries on the military, diplomatic, political, social, economic, and scientific aspects of the war, in addition to the lives of the people who participated in and directed the war.

Author : Gene Eric Salecker
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811742351

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Blossoming Silk Against the Rising Sun by Gene Eric Salecker Pdf

Complete account of airborne operations in the Pacific theater. Firsthand descriptions from American and Japanese paratroopers. Detailed maps illustrate battles.

Author : Derrick Wright,Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780960791

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Hell in the Pacific by Derrick Wright,Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

The battle of Iwo Jima saw one hundred thousand men fighting over a tiny volcanic island of just 8 square miles. The island was of major strategic importance to the US Air Force. However, it was also of supreme importance to the 20,000 Japanese troops who were deeply entrenched in the island when the Marines invaded, and to whom surrender was not an option. The titanic struggle dragged on for 36 days, eclipsing all that had gone before. The loss of Iwo Jima was proof to the Japanese that the Americans could seize one of the world's most heavily defended islands, and filled them with foreboding about the inevitable invasion of their homeland. This book covers the campaign in detail, and also the experiences of the men who fought for their lives on the black sands of Iwo Jima in one of the most savage battles of the Pacific War. This book contains material previously published in Campaigns 81: Iwo Jima 1945, Warrior 95: Japanese Infantryman 1937–45 and WAR 112: US Marine Rifleman 1939–45: Pacific Theater

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849080002

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Japanese Pacific Island Defenses 1941–45 by Gordon L. Rottman Pdf

The prolonged and bloody fighting for control of the Japanese occupied Pacific islands in World War II is a key point in 20th-century warfare. No two islands were alike in the systems and nature of their defensive emplacements, and local improvization and command preferences affected both materials used and defensive models. This title details the establishment, construction and effectiveness of Japanese temporary and semi-permanent crew-served weapons positions and individual and small-unit fighting positions. Integrated obstacles and minefields, camouflage and the changing defensive principles are also covered.

Author : Ralph F. Wetterhahn
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476631080

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The Early Air War in the Pacific by Ralph F. Wetterhahn Pdf

 During the first 10 months of the war in the Pacific, Japan achieved air supremacy with its carrier and land-based forces. But after major setbacks at Midway and Guadalcanal, the empire's expansion stalled, in part due to flaws in aircraft design, strategy and command. This book offers a fresh analysis of the air war in the Pacific during the early phases of World War II. Details are included from two expeditions conducted by the author that reveal the location of an American pilot missing in the Philippines since 1942 and clear up a controversial account involving famed Japanese ace Saburo Sakai and U.S. Navy pilot James "Pug" Southerland.

Author : Roger Dingman
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612514314

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Deciphering the Rising Sun by Roger Dingman Pdf

This book is about Americans not of Japanese ancestry, who served as Japanese language officers in World War II. Covering the period 1940-1945, it describes their selection, training, and service in the Navy and Marine Corps during the war and their contributions to maintenance of good relations between America and Japan thereafter. It argues that their service as “code breakers” and combat interpreters hastened victory and that their cross-cultural experience and linguistic knowledge facilitated the successful dismantling of the Japanese Empire and the peaceful occupation of Japan. The book shows how the war changed relations between the Navy and academia, transformed the lives of these 1200 men and women, and set onetime enemies on course to enduring friendship. Its purpose is twofold: to reveal an exciting and hitherto unknown aspect of the Pacific War and to demonstrate the enduring importance of linguistic and cross-cultural knowledge within America’s armed forces in war and peace alike.The book is meant for the general reader interested in World War II, as well as academic specialists and other persons particularly interested in that conflict. It will also appeal to readers with an interest in America’s intelligence establishment and to those interested in Japan and its relations with the United States. This history tells and exciting and previously unknown story of men and women whose brains and devotion to duty enabled them to learn an extraordinarily difficult language and use it in combat and ashore to hasten Japan’s defeat and transformation from enemy to friend of America.

Author : Craig R. Elevitch,Kim M. Wilkinson
Publisher : PAR
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780970254405

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Agroforestry Guides for Pacific Islands by Craig R. Elevitch,Kim M. Wilkinson Pdf