Hell in the Central Pacific 1944: The Palau Islands, Paperback - Jon Diamond

In September 1944, to prevent Japanese air interdiction against General MacArthur's planned invasion of the Southern Philippines, the Americans att...

Reducere. "A gripping account of one of the most important battles in the Pacific war." - ReviewerA powerful read about the Saipan invasion which resulted in...

DescriptionOn October 27 1942, four "Long Lance" torpedoes fired by the Japanese destroyers Makigumo and Akigumo exploded in the hull of the aircra...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Mark LardasIllustration(s): Illustrated throughout with around 60 photos and at least 14pp of colour...

Scenarios and special rules covering the Marianas and Palau Islands campaign.

How do political actors in the Pacific islands region make sense of the success (or failure) of parliamentary gender quota campaigns? To answer the...

Covers operations by the British multinational 14th Army and also the American-Sino troops of General Stilwell and Chiang Kai-Shek.Publisher: Pen &...

Early in 1944 the Allied advance was halted by the German defence of the Gustav Line. Even with the deployment of Eighth Army reinforcements from t...

Drawing upon personal testimonies from veterans, official reports, and never-before published photographs, this superbly detailed title explores th...

DescriptionCheap Meat follows the controversial trade in inexpensive fatty cuts of lamb or mutton, called "flaps, " from the farms of New Zealand a...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The extraordinary story of the World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its s...

Reducere. In June 1944, the United States launched a crushing assault on the Japanese navy in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The capture of the Mariana Is...

The Pacific is not only the world's largest body of water; its vast expanse also includes an extraordinary number and diversity of oceanic islands,...

Reducere. In February 1942, Lieutenant General Thomas Holcomb, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, ordered the creation of a new unit designated the 1st Mari...

General Douglas A MacArthur, Commander of the Southwest Pacific Area, saw the liberation of the Philippines Archipelago as the launching board for ...

Op HUSKY was a vast and daring multi-national amphibious and air landing. The dramatic story is told in well-researched text and superb images true...

Reducere. In June 1944, the United States launched a crushing assault on the Japanese navy in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The capture of the Mariana Is...

After the astonishing Japanese successes of 1941 and early 1942, the Allies began to fight back. After victories at Guadalcanal, Coral Sea, Midway ...

With an introduction by Marlon James, So Many Islands brings together stories from the distant shores of the island communities in the Caribbean, M...

Reveals the international and intercultural connections within contemporary performance from Oceania, focusing on theatre, performance art, art ins...

Reducere. Overnight settlements, better known as "Hell on Wheels, " sprang up as the transcontinental railroad crossed Nebraska and Wyoming. They brought opp...

In just 10 weeks from 8 December 1941 to mid February 1942, British and Imperial forces were utterly defeated by the numerically inferior Japanese ...

Conveys detailed stories of aerial warfare in the Solomons theatre, chosen because both Japanese and Allied records can be matched for an accurate ...

Reducere. This Band of Brothers for the Pacific is the gut-wrenching and ultimately triumphant story of the Marines' most ferocious--yet largely forgotten--b...

DescriptionThe American campaign to capture Okinawa, codename Operation ICEBERG was fought from 1 April to 22 June 1945. 350 miles from Japan, Okin...

Reducere. Orchids of Palau: A Field Guide includes 51 species with photographs and 39 descriptions. These species were selected based upon availability of li...

Reducere. Wide, breathtaking landscapes; crystal-clear, blue lakes; high, snow-covered mountain peaks; but also wild grizzlies, buffalos, mustangs and rare a...

Reducere. From the author of the celebrated classic Louder Than Hell comes an oral history of the badass Heavy Metal lifestyle--the debauchery, demolition, a...

Pacific Adversaries conveys detailed stories of aerial warfare in the South Pacific, chosen because both Japanese and Allied records can be matched...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

This superbly illustrated and researched book describes the March 1945 assault crossing involving naval amphibious craft, the air and artillery bom...