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Chindit vs Japanese Infantryman
1943–44
Av Jon Diamond
Häftad, 2015
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
196 kr
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Featuring specially commissioned artwork, gripping first-hand accounts and expert analysis, this engaging reassessment offers a glimpse of what it was like for Britain's Chindits to fight in the jungles and mountains of Burma at the height of World War II.In order to keep China in the war against …
Burma Victory, 1944-1945
Photographs from Wartime Archives
Av Jon Diamond
Häftad, 2022
188 kr
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General Stilwell's ad hoc force of Merrill's Marauders, American-trained Chinese divisions, Kachin guerrillas and General Wingate's Chindits conducted a northern Burmese offensive that led to the coup de main seizure of Myitkyina's airfield in May 1944. In August 1944, after a protracted siege, …
Hell in the Central Pacific 1944
The Palau Islands
Av Jon Diamond
Häftad, 2020
188 kr
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In September 1944, to prevent Japanese air interdiction against General MacArthur's planned invasion of the Southern Philippines, the Americans attacked Peleliu and Angaur in the Palau group of the Western Caroline Islands. Admiral Halsey, commanding the US Third Fleet, feared the heavily defended …
Montgomery's Rhine River Crossing: Operation PLUNDER
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Av Jon Diamond
Häftad, 2019
181 kr
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After the Normandy break-out, the Allies' headlong dash east came to a halt in the autumn with the ill-fated MARKET GARDEN operation and over-extended supply lines short of the Rhineland. After repulsing the Nazis' daring Ardennes offensive, Montgomery's and Bradley's Army Groups cleared the …
Guadalcanal
The Essential Victory
Av Jon Diamond
Häftad, 2025
225 kr
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After the Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese quickly captured Hong Kong, Guam, Wake Island, the Gilbert Islands and Rabaul. Japanese conquests of Malaya and Singapore, the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies and Burma followed into the spring of 1942. The Japanese juggernaut continued southwards with …
New Guinea
The Allied Jungle Campaign in World War II
Av Jon Diamond
Häftad, 2015
261 kr
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New Guinea describes in archival photographs with accompanying detailed captions and chapter narratives the conflict between the Australian-American forces under General MacArthur in combating the tenacious Japanese first in Papua in 1942-43 and then along the entire northern coast of the world’s …
New Guinea
The Allied Jungle Campaign in World War II
Av Jon Diamond
E-bok, 2015
252 kr
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Visual history of the Allied battles for New Guinea during 1942-44.
Guadalcanal
The American Campaign against Japan in WWII
Av Jon Diamond
E-bok, 2016
336 kr
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On August 7, 1942, U.S. Marines landed on the island of Guadalcanal, northeast of Australia, launching the first major Allied offensive against Japan. In one of the best-known campaigns of World War II''s Pacific Theater, the Marines and then the U.S. Army endured a bitter six-month struggle for …
Allied Neutralisation of Rabaul
Japan’s Major South Pacific Base
Av Jon Diamond
Häftad, 2024
210 kr
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Fierce Pacific ground, sea, and aerial combat raged between the Allies and Imperial Japan to halt the latter’s inexorable advance in 1942-1943. After the American victory at Guadalcanal in February 1943, Admiral Halsey’s South Pacific Area (SPA) naval and amphibious forces battled through the …
Iwo Jima: The Marine Corps’ Epic Victory
Av Jon Diamond
Inbunden, 2025
274 kr
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The campaign for Iwo Jima (Operation Detachment) from 19 February–26 March 1945 pitted the USMC Fifth Amphibious Corps (VAC) and the USN’s Fifth Fleet against the IJA 109th Division and assorted IJN ground troops under the command of Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. After neutralizing …
Code Name Galahad
and The Battle of Myitkyina - The 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) in Burma 1944
Av Jon Diamond
Inbunden, 2027
280 kr
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_Code Name Galahad_ is a rich and compelling account of one of the Second World War’s most demanding and often overlooked campaigns. In the wake of the Japanese invasion of Burma in January 1942, Allied forces faced a strategic crisis: how to reopen a vital land route to China while confronting a …
Burma Victory, 1944-1945
Av Jon Diamond
E-bok, 2022
132 kr
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General Stilwell''s ad hoc force of Merrill''s Marauders, American-trained Chinese divisions, Kachin guerrillas and General Wingate''s Chindits conducted a northern Burmese offensive that led to the coup de main seizure of Myitkyina''s airfield in May 1944. In August 1944, after a protracted siege, …
Burma Victory, 1944-1945
Av Jon Diamond
E-bok, 2022
132 kr
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General Stilwell''s ad hoc force of Merrill''s Marauders, American-trained Chinese divisions, Kachin guerrillas and General Wingate''s Chindits conducted a northern Burmese offensive that led to the coup de main seizure of Myitkyina''s airfield in May 1944. In August 1944, after a protracted siege, …
Normandy Beyond The Beaches
Av Jon Diamond
Häftad, 2024
192 kr
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This latest Images of War series book examines the controversial development of the Allied campaign in Normandy in the weeks after the D-Day landings. After overcoming Rommel’s beach obstacles and ‘Atlantic Wall’ fortifications, a secure Allied lodgment of the five beaches developed along the …
Allied Victory Over Japan 1945
Rare Photographs from Wartime Achieves
Av Jon Diamond
Häftad, 2023
214 kr
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In 1944 with the war in Europe turning in the Allies’ favour, Japan still occupied vast swathes of South East Asia and the Pacific.In Burma, the seemly unstoppable Japanese advance was halted at Kohima and Imphal in June and July 1944. Six months later the advances made by British-led forces …
Three Battles of El Alamein
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Av Jon Diamond
Häftad, 2022
241 kr
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The 80th Anniversary of the historic final Battle of El Alamein is the ideal time to study the events leading up to General Bernard Montgomery's famous victory over Field Marshal Rommel's Panzerarmee Africa in Autumn 1942.Four months earlier after the loss of Tobruk , Rommel's forces were in the …
Three Battles of El Alamein
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Av Jon Diamond
E-bok, 2023
177 kr
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The 80th Anniversary of the historic final Battle of El Alamein is the ideal time to study the events leading up to General Bernard Montgomery''s famous victory over Field Marshal Rommel''s Panzerarmee Africa in Autumn 1942. Four months earlier after the loss of Tobruk , Rommel''s forces were in …
Three Battles of El Alamein
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Av Jon Diamond
E-bok, 2023
177 kr
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The 80th Anniversary of the historic final Battle of El Alamein is the ideal time to study the events leading up to General Bernard Montgomery''s famous victory over Field Marshal Rommel''s Panzerarmee Africa in Autumn 1942. Four months earlier after the loss of Tobruk , Rommel''s forces were in …
Chindit vs Japanese Infantryman
1943–44
Av Jon Diamond
E-bok, 2015
229 kr
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Featuring specially commissioned artwork, gripping first-hand accounts and expert analysis, this engaging reassessment offers a glimpse of what it was like for Britain''s Chindits to fight in the jungles and mountains of Burma at the height of World War II. In order to keep China in the war against …
Chindit vs Japanese Infantryman
1943–44
Av Jon Diamond
E-bok, 2015
224 kr
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Featuring specially commissioned artwork, gripping first-hand accounts and expert analysis, this engaging reassessment offers a glimpse of what it was like for Britain''s Chindits to fight in the jungles and mountains of Burma at the height of World War II. In order to keep China in the war against …
Burma Road 1943–44
Stilwell's assault on Myitkyina
Av Jon Diamond
Häftad, 2016
208 kr
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“Vinegar Joe” Stilwell's assault on the Japanese position at Myitkyina, the key to northern Burma.Myitkyina was a vital objective in the Allied re-conquest of Burma in 1943–44. Following the disastrous retreat from Burma in April 1942, China had become isolated from re-supply except for the …
Burma Road 1943–44
Stilwell'S Assault on Myitkyina
Av Jon Diamond
E-bok, 2016
243 kr
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“Vinegar Joe” Stilwell''s assault on the Japanese position at Myitkyina, the key to northern Burma. Myitkyina was a vital objective in the Allied re-conquest of Burma in 1943–44. Following the disastrous retreat from Burma in April 1942, China had become isolated from re-supply except for the …
Burma Road 1943–44
Stilwell'S Assault on Myitkyina
Av Jon Diamond
E-bok, 2016
243 kr
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“Vinegar Joe” Stilwell''s assault on the Japanese position at Myitkyina, the key to northern Burma. Myitkyina was a vital objective in the Allied re-conquest of Burma in 1943–44. Following the disastrous retreat from Burma in April 1942, China had become isolated from re-supply except for the …
Stilwell and the Chindits: The Allies Campaign in Northern Burma 1943-1944
The Allies Campaign in Northern Burma, 1943–1944
Av Jon Diamond
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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This latest book in the highly successful Images of War series covers the dramatic events that saw ultimate Allied victory over the Japanese in remote Northern Burma on the Chinese border. The plan involved two separate but concurrent operations. US Army General Joseph Stilwell was ordered to train …
The Fall of Malaya and Singapore
Av Jon Diamond
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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In just 10 weeks from 8 December 1941 to mid February 1942, British and Imperial forces were utterly defeated by the numerically inferior Japanese under General Yamashita. British units fought hard on the Malayan mainland but the Japanese showed greater mobility, cunning and tactical superiority. …
Invasion of Sicily
Av Jon Diamond
Häftad, 2017
192 kr
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With victory in North Africa complete, the Allies had a choice. The Americans wanted an early cross channel attack from Britain on North West Europe. Churchill favoured invading the soft under-belly of Italy to weaken the Axis forces and gain Italian surrender. With Eisenhowers army and …
Invasion of the Italian Mainland
Salerno to the Gustav Line, 1943 1944
Av Jon Diamond
Häftad, 2018
181 kr
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In September 1943, shortly after the conquest of Sicily, the Allied armies made amphibious assaults on the Italian Mainland at Calabria, Taranto and along the Gulf of Salerno beaches. The Italian Government quickly capitulated but the Germans fought on. Although the British XIII Corps and 1st …
Battle of Okinawa 1945
The Real Story Behind Hacksaw Ridge
Av Jon Diamond
Häftad, 2019
181 kr
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The American campaign to capture Okinawa, codename Operation ICEBERG was fought from 1 April to 22 June 1945\. 350 miles from Japan, Okinawa was intended to be the staging area for the Allied invasion of the Japanese mainland.The Japanese Thirty Second Army defenders were on land and the Imperial …
Battle of Okinawa 1945
The Pacific War''s Last Invasion
Av Jon Diamond
E-bok, 2019
228 kr
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A pictorial history of one of World War II''s most bitterly fought campaigns. The American campaign to capture Okinawa, codename Operation Iceberg, was fought from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Three hundred and fifty miles from Japan, Okinawa was intended to be the staging area for the Allied invasion …
Montgomery's Rhine River Crossing
Operation Plunder
Av Jon Diamond
E-bok, 2019
88 kr
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"Highly recommended . . . excellent maps, [a] large number of black and white images, and detailed coverage of the subject." —AMPS After the Normandy breakout, the Allies'' headlong dash east came to a halt in the autumn with the ill-fated Market Garden operation and overextended supply lines short …
