The Pacific War Companion
Subtitle: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima (Companion)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: June 12, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781841768823
Subjects: Battles & campaigns; World history: Second World War; Second World War, 1939-1945; Military - World War II; History, Military; History; History - Military / War; History: World; Military; ASIA; Military history; History / Military / World War II; Campaigns; Pacific Area; World War, 1939-1945
First sentence: The long-term catalyst for the outbreak of the Pacific War of 1941-45 was the penetration of the Far East in the nineteenth century by an alien culture exponentially superior in military and technological contexts.