Sheds new light on the vital importance of the Australian role in supporting maritime campaigns in every theatre through essays on the Australian experience in naval war written by 16 leading naval histories from Australia and overseas
Battle groups were key men taken from their units and thrown together to form crack storm troops. The author here relates the action of these groups from the opening shots in 1939 through all theatres until the final collapse in 1945. The book should offer an insight into the heart of the war.
Traces the war in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and examines the major battles and campaigns
"Dr. Murray's book provides a detailed analytical study of the development of the Luftwaffe. The author takes an in-depth look at the "easy war" (1939-40) and the turn toward Russia in Operation Barbarossa. Dr. Murray investigates the war of attrition from 1942 through early 1944 and the reasons for the final demise of the Luftwaffe from April through September 1944"--Publisher's description
Discusses the strategy, battles, and major personalities involved in the recapture of the Philippine Islands during World War II
Profusely illustrated text documents the decisive part played by bombers in bringing about the ultimate capitulation of Japan in World War II