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Hell in the Central Pacific 1944
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Jon Diamond
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-08-30 - Publisher: Pen and Sword Military

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Covers an early little known but hard fought Pacific War campaign using superb photographs in true Images of War series style. In September 1944, to prevent Jap
Hell in the Central Pacific 1944
Language: en
Pages:
Authors: Jon Diamond
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-19 - Publisher: Images of War

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In September 1944, to prevent Japanese air interdiction against General MacArthur's planned invasion of the Southern Philippines, the Americans attacked Peleliu
Hell Is Upon Us
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Victor Brooks
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-06-26 - Publisher: Da Capo Press

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On June 14, 1944, little more than a week after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, another mighty fleet steamed towards its own D-Day landing. The target of this m
Pacific Thunder
Language: en
Pages: 330
Authors: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-19 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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On 27 October 1942, four 'Long Lance' torpedoes fired by the Japanese destroyers Makigumo and Akigumo exploded in the hull of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (C
To the Far Side of Hell
Language: en
Pages: 176
Authors: Derrick Wright
Categories: Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)

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The battle for the Pacific island of Peleliu in the autumn of 1944 is far less will known - even among US Marine Corps veterans - than Tarawa, Iwo Jima or Okina