Victory in the Pacific
Subtitle: 1945 (History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II)
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: January 30, 1960
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 407
ISBN-13: 9780316583145
Subjects: American history: Second World War; Maritime history; Naval forces & warfare; History; History - Military / War; Military; USA; Military - General; Military - World War II; History / Military / World War II; Amphibious operations; Naval operations, American; Pacific Ocean; World War, 1939-1945
First sentence: IT WAS a long, hard pull for the Navy across the Pacific to within striking distance of Japan; but, by the time Saipan in the Mariana had been conquered (August 1944) and the major part of Luzon liberated (February 1945), two practicable routes were open to the ultimate objective - the Nanpo Shoto and the Nansei Shoto island chains.