World War II in the North Pacific

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World War II in the North Pacific Chronology and Fact Book

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By Kevin Don Hutchison

ISBN: 0-313-29130-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29130-2

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328 pages, charts, figures, maps, photographs

Greenwood Press

Publication: 8/30/1994

List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 X 9 1/4

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Reviews:

Some of the detail is fascinating or has human interest value, and it conveys well the sense of what it was like to fight in a climate so harsh that combatants often had more to fear from the terrible weather than from the enemy. Recommended for large collections on WWII or military history.
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Choice
This is an invaluable reference tool for scholars of the Pacific war. It is also useful as a historical treatment of the subject. Highly recommended for appropriate research collections.
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ARBA 95
I would recommend this book for all those interested in the fascinating (and largely ignored) story of the struggle for the North Pacific. It is a very useful reference companion to the accounts already written.
—The Northern Mariner

Endorsement From
Carl Boyd, author of

Hitler's Japanese Confidant: This is a remarkably well-focused reference work with amazingly rich detail concerning the Japanese occupation of the United States territory in the Aleutian Islands and the American and Canadian response, 1942-1945.

Description: Preserving much rare and disintegrating information, this comprehensive chronology and fact book provides day-to-day records covering a third of the Pacific war for the first time. Recounts events in the North Pacific between August 1943 and September 1945, revealing the activities of the Allies, including the Soviet Union and the Japanese. It identifies the location and activities of the various units, their landings, and battles. Short biographies make participants "come alive." Appendices provide a glossary, and give key information about prisoners of war, American internees, Army Air Forces, U.S. Navy, Japanese North Pacific Forces forces, Soviet Forces, U.S. units and bases, and American and Japanese personnel. This account shows how events in the North Pacific had an impact in the South and Central theater of the war. The record shows how Admiral Chester Nimitz's offensive actions before major operations, his bombings and bombardments and false radio broadcasts helped bring about later victories and how his destruction of the Japanese fishing fleet set out to shorten the war. A bibliography, index, maps, charts, and photographs further enrich this little-known history for all interested in understanding this now forgotten conflict.

Table of Contents:

Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Preliminaries, 1937-40
Escalation, 1941
The Aleutian Island Campaign, 1942
Aleutian Island Wrap Up and First Kurile Island Attacks, 1943
The Kurile Island Campaign, 1944
The Kurile Island Campaign and Invasion, 1945
Maps, Charts, and Photo Essay
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: Prisoners of War
Appendix C: American Internees
Appendix D: Army Air Forces in the Aleutian and Kurile Campaigns
Appendix E: U.S. Navy in the North Pacific in World War II
Appendix F: Japanese North Pacific Forces
Appendix G: Soviet Forces in Invasion of the Kurile Islands, August-September 1945
Appendix H: U.S. Units and Bases in the North Pacific in World War II
Appendix I: Key American and Japanese Personnel in the Aleutian and Kurile Campaigns
Bibliography
Index

LC Card Number: 94-5822

LCC Class: D769

Dewey Class: 940.54


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