Truk 1944-45. The destruction of Japan's Central Pacific bastion, Paperback - Mark Lardas

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

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

DescriptionJapan 1944-45 examines the only time in history that a major war was ended by the use of air power. It shows how the United States used ...

In 1942, the massive Japanese naval base and airfield at Rabaul was a fortress standing in the Allies' path to Tokyo. It was impossible to seize Ra...

As the Pacific War approached a crescendo, the clashes between swarming US Navy carrier aircraft, and the gigantic Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Yam...

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

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

DescriptionIn a last, desperate bid to stave off defeat, Japan's High Command launched the terrifying kamikaze attacks. This fully illustrated book...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Thomas McKelvey CleaverIllustration(s): Illustrated throughout with around 60 photos and at least 14...

DescriptionBy the early months of 1944 in the Pacific, the US Navy's burgeoning force of carrier-based F6F-3/5 Hellcats had pretty much wiped the s...

How Western philosophy lost its innocence: from Enlightenment to fascism The Destruction of Reason is Georg Lukács's trenchant criticism of certain...

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

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Mark (Author) StilleNumber of pages: 80Collection: DuelPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 247 x 185 x...

The Japanese solution to their rapidly deteriorating military situation in 1944--suicide missions--was not only terrifying and effective, but has f...

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Captain Sharpe's task is to recover from a feared guerilla leader the gold Wellington so desperately needs.

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Personal accounts by individual Japanese servicemen.Illustrations: 80 black and white illustrations

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Compelling new study of key battle in the Normandy campaign.

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DescriptionThis is the David-and-Goliath story of how RAF Coastal Command battled with outdated aircraft against the deadly U-boat fleet during the...

DescriptionThe deployment of the British 1st Airborne Division somewhere in Europe prior to the end of the war was indeed a case of 'coins burning ...

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Many people do not realize that the Germans were methodically killing fellow Germans before they were killing Jews, gypsies, and dissidents. 'Actio...

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Traces the story of Yugoslavia's disintegration over the entire period since Tito's death in 1980. This book explains why this once stable and seem...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Frederick TaylorNumber of pages: 432Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 197 x 131 x 28Cover type: Pape...

Publisher: Salariya Book Company LtdAuthor(s): Roger CanavanIllustration(s): 60 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 128Collection: Adventure...

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