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From Pearl Harbor to V-J Day: The American Armed Forces in World War II

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A compact but comprehensive history of the American armed forces in World War II, examining the strategy, logistics, high command, operations, and home-front aspects of the military campaign. Consistently absorbing....As inclusive and compact a rundown as general readers are likely to get anytime soon. -Kirkus Reviews. American Ways Series.

Table of Contents:
Part 1 PART ONE. MOBILIZING AND PLANNING Part 2 READY OR NOT? 5 Chapter 3 Military technology and tactical doctrine to 1941. Mobilization and strategic planning to 1941. Part 4 THE MILITARY AND THE HOME FRONT 16 Chapter 5 Japanese-Americans. Conscription. Women. Industry. Labor. New weapons. Military medicine. Minorities. Military-civilian relations. German and Italian POWs. GI Bill of Rights. Part 6 THE TOP LEVELS 27 Part 7 PART TWO. THE WAR AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY Chapter 8 High-command structure. Coalition planning. Anglo-American global strategy. Impact of intelligence. Part 9 AT SEA AND IN THE SKIES 43 Chapter 10 Battle of the Atlantic, April 1941-May1945. Pointblank: Combined Bomber Offensive, January 1943-May 1945. Part 11 LEARNING FROM TORCH AND HUSKY 56 Chapter 12 Torch and Tunisia, November 1942-May 1943. Sicily, July-August 1943. Part 13 THE HARD UNDERBELLY: ITALY 69 Chapter 14 From Salerno to Rome, September 1943-June 1944. North Italy, June 1944-May 1945. Part 15 THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE AND BELGIUM 79 Chapter 16 Overlord, June-August 1944. From Dragoon to Antwerp, August to September 1944. Part 17 THE WEST WALL AND THE BULGE 92 Chapter 18 Advancing to the West Wall, September-December 1944. Battle of the Bulge, December 1944-January 1945. Part 19 FROM THE RHINE TO THE ELBE 103 Chapter 20 Crossing the Rhine, January-March 1945. From the Ruhr to the Elbe, March-May 1945. Part 21 PART THREE. THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN Part 22 EARLY PACIFIC DEFEATS AND TURNING POINTS 115 Chapter 23 From Pearl Harbor to Midway, December 1941-June 1942. Guadalcanal and Papua, July 1942-February 1943. Part 24 ACCELERATING OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS 128 Chapter 25 Cartwheel, June 1943-March 1944. Gilberts and Marshalls, November 1943-February 1944. Netherlands New Guinea and Morotai, April-October 1944. Part 26 FROM SAIPAN TO BURMA 141 Chapter 27 Marianas, June-August 1944. Palaus, September-November 1944. China-Burma-India Theater, March 1942-August 1945. Part 28 MACARTHUR'S FINAL CAMPAIGNS 155 Chapter 29 Central and Northern Philippines, October 1944-August 1945. Southern Philippines and Borneo, February-July 1945. Part 30 CLIMAX IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC 168 Chapter 31 Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Okinawa, April-June 1945. Part 32 AVENUES TO SURRENDER 179 Chapter 33 Submarine operations. B-29 offensive and the atomic bombs, June 1944-August 1945. Olympic and Coronet plans for invading Japan, November 1944-August 1945. Part 34 PART FOUR. OVERVIEW Part 35 TRIBULATIONS OF THE GI 191 Chapter 36 Common reactions. Overhead. Officer alienation. Terrain and climate. Military medicine. Adjusting to foreign lands. African Americans. Women. POWs. Part 37 THE WAR IN RETROSPECT 201 Chapter 38 Consequences for the U.S. home front and military establishment. Global ramifications. Part 39 A Note on Sources 208 Part 40 Index 217


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798216363064
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Ivan R. Dee
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: The American Armed Forces in World War II
  • ISBN-10: 8216363060
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 1995
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 240


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