Victory In The Pacific - Pearl Harbor To The Fall Of Okinawa

On 7th December 1941, the Japanese navy attacked Pearl Harbour.

Simultaneously, the Japanese army launched all out assaults on Malaya, Hong Kong and the Philippines. The Japanese sphere of influence spread at a phenomenal rate. From the Philippines to Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Indonesia, China and Burma, the Japanese armies swept across south-east Asia in an all conquering stream. As the nations of Asia collapsed one by one and the British and US troops in the region were overwhelmed in short order, it seemed the Japanese dream of empire was about to be realised.

This book tells how the tide of Japanese victory turned and how the Allies fought their way the length and breadth of Burma and from island to island on their way to achieving final victory in the East.