War in the Pacific
Subtitle: Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima-- the Pacific war in 400 color photographs
By: Gina McNeely, Jon Guttman
Contributors: Guttman, Jon
Publisher: Metro Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781435131835
Subjects: Pictorial works; History; World War, 1939-1945; Campaigns; Naval operations; Military campaigns; Naval Military operations; United States. Navy; United States
Description: War in the Pacific presents a masterful collection of 400 World War II color photographs detailing a generation of ordinary people rising to extraordinary challenges, captured in wartime settings. From armed forays into the steaming jungles of New Guinea and the Solomons to B-29 Superfortresses carrying the war to the Japanese homeland, to the legendary Edward Steichen's photos of US Navy ships and their crewman on and off duty, these color images convey an immediacy that remains relevant to future generations.--P. [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: Blazing Sun: Japan's Pacific rampage; title: Turning tide: the Allies take the initiative; title: Island hopping: breaking Japan's defensive outer ring; title: Hell is upon us: the Allied offensive gathers momentum; title: Blood and fire: closing in on the home islands; title: Setting sun: the fall of the Imperial Japan.