Books with title World War II: Pacific

This volume of documents on the war in the Pacific deals with the origins of the war, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and early island conquests by Japan. The major battles of the Coral Sea, Midway Island, Guadalcanal, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa are covered, as are the roles of submarines and airpower in the fight to control the sea and sky over the Pacific. Documents include those of Japanese and American military leaders, soldiers, and civilians.

The world had not fully recovered from the horror of World War I or the anguish of its catastrophic aftermath, the Great Depression, before an even greater war commenced. The Third Reich of Adolf Hitler threatened to dominate all of Europe and, as the physicist Albert Einstein rushed to bring to the attention of President Franklin Roosevelt, the limitless destructive power of the atom was well within the reach of Nazi Germany. World War II, Revised Edition presents the complete story of America's war in Europe and in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor to the Normandy invasion to the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri. Vivid photographs, illustrations, and maps, along with helpful research features, make this book an invaluable addition to any classroom or library. Also included in this new edition is a chapter devoted to the military innovations seen during this massive war.

Now in Paperback! Beginning with the complex political and social circumstances that led to World War II, this volume comprehensively discusses the decisions made, battles fought, lives affected, and subsequent results of the war that defined the twentieth century. It includes firsthand testimony of young soldiers who remember the front lines, as well as the wives, parents, and children left at home.

Read anytime, anywhere with the free Kindle smartphone appsWorld War II or the Second World War involved the world's leading nations divided into two camps: the Allies and the Axis. More than 70 million people, the majority of them civilians, were killed in the war, making it the deadliest conflict in human history. The man responsible for the War was Adolf Hitler, the Chancellor of the German Republic, who ordered the worst genocide in history. The war started in September 1939 with the German invasion of Poland and the Allies comprising the United Kingdom, France and the British Dominions going to war against Germany. The Allies eventually won the war when the United States also joined them.