"Strong Men Armed relates the U.S. Marines' unprecedented, relentless drive across the Pacific during World War II, from Guadalcanal to Okinawa, detailing their struggle to dislodge from heavily fortified islands an entrenched enemy who had vowed to fight to extinction - and did. (All but three of the Marines' victories required the complete annihilation of the Japanese defending force.) As sco…
Traces the war in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and examines the major battles and campaigns
Vol. 1 The war years I Part 1: The Operations Division; December 1941 to June 1942 1. "All we need is ships!" 2. Bolero Part 2: From London to Gibraltar; June 1942 to November 1942 3. From sledgehammer to torch 4. Defining torch 5. Full blast for torch Vol. 2 The war years II Part 3: Lighting the Torch; November 1942 to December 1942 6. The landings and darlan 7. The race for tunis …