The conquering tide : war in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944

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Label

The conquering tide : war in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944

Title remainder

war in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944

Statement of responsibility

Ian W. Toll

Creator

• Toll, Ian W

Author

• Toll, Ian W

Subject

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
• Electronic books
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

"This ... history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War--the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944--when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a 'conquering tide,' concluding with Japan's irreversible strategic defeat in the Marianas. It was the largest, bloodiest, most costly, most technically innovative and logistically complicated amphibious war in history, and it fostered bitter interservice rivalries, leaving wounds that even victory could not heal"--Dust jacket flap

Cataloging source

TEFOD

Dewey number

940.54/26

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

D767

LC item number

.T64 2015eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography