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  • Pacific Star

    3NZ Division in the South Pacific in World War II

    by Reg Newell ...
    The war in the South Pacific saw some of the most gruelling fighting of World War Two. Conditions were unpleasant – fetid heat, torrential downpours and hostile flora and fauna – while the Japanese enemy were ruthless and would often fight to the last man. Amphibious warfare, jungle warfare and the need to co-operate with our American ally all meant that new demands were made on New Zealand ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Operation Squarepeg

    The Allied Invasion of the Green Islands, February 1944

    by Reg Newell ...
    In late January 1944 a force of New Zealand soldiers and Allied specialists undertook a daring behind the lines reconnaissance of the Japanese-held Green Islands of Papua New Guinea. The New Zealand Army's largest amphibious operation of World War II followed two weeks later. The Japanese contested the invasion with air power and inflicted heavy damage on the American cruiser USS St. Louis. After ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The Battle for Vella Lavella

    The Allied Recapture of Solomon Islands Territory, August 15-September 9, 1943

    by Reg Newell ...
    During World War II, the Solomon Islands became the scene of a titanic struggle between Allied and Japanese forces. After their victory on Guadalcanal, Americans advanced into the New Georgia Group with horrendous casualties. Admiral Halsey then implemented an "island hopping" strategy, bypassing Japanese strongpoints. The first was an obscure island called "Vella Lavella."This book is the first ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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  • Midnight in the Pacific

    Guadalcanal—The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War

    by Joseph Wheelan ...
    A sweeping narrative history of America's first major offensive of WII: the brutal campaign to take Japanese-occupied Guadalcanal.From August to November of 1942, US Marines, sailors, and pilots struggled against an implacable enemy: Japanese soldiers, inculcated with the bushido tradition of death before dishonor. The glittering prize was the strategically decisive Henderson Airfield.The bitter ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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  • The Do-Or-Die Men

    The 1st Marine Raider Battalion at Guadalcanal

    by George W. Smith ...
    The gripping true account of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion—from its formation and training to its heroic baptism under fire in the battles of Tulagi and Guadalcanal.No campaign in World War II was undertaken with as many shortcomings as Operation Watchtower—the invasion of Guadalcanal in the summer of 1942. Rushed into action with little training, virtually no enemy intelligence, and using ... Read more

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  • Fortress Rabaul

    The Battle for the Southwest Pacific, January 1942–April 1943

    by Bruce Gamble ...
    Series Book 2 - The Rabaul Trilogy
    "This tour de force . . . is an absolute must for anyone interested in the true story of one of World War II's most interesting—and most overlooked—battles." —Col. Walter Boyne, USAF (Ret.), author of Clash of WingsFor most of World War II, the mention of Japan's island stronghold sent shudders through thousands of Allied airmen. Some called it "Fortress Rabaul," an apt name for the headquarters ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Battle of Iwo Jima

    The Fight for the Pacific, 1945

    by Andrew Rawson ...
    On 19 February 1945, Operation Detachment began with US marine forces storming Iwo Jima, aiming to capture the island and its airfields. This was the first campaign on Japanese soil and would result in some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific. A brutal example of war at all costs, the defending garrison fought to almost the last man; it was a fight they couldn't hope to win against the ... Read more

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  • War at the End of the World

    Douglas MacArthur and the Forgotten Fight For New Guinea, 1942-1945

    by James P. Duffy ...
    A harrowing account of an epic, yet nearly forgotten, battle of World War II—General Douglas MacArthur's four-year assault on the Pacific War's most hostile battleground: the mountainous, jungle-cloaked island of New Guinea.“A meaty, engrossing narrative history… This will likely stand as the definitive account of the New Guinea campaign.”—The Christian Science MonitorOne American soldier called ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Sink ’Em All

    Submarine Warfare in the Pacific

    by Charles A. Lockwood ...
    Sink ’Em All by Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, the U.S. Navy commander of the Pacific submarine fleet during World War 2, is the exhaustive and definitive account of submarine warfare between the US and Japanese 1942-45. Lockwood’s intricate narrative is the breathless story of every submarine in the US fleet and what they did during the war, their misses, near misses and hits. He takes us into ... Read more

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  • MacArthur's Victory

    The War in New Guinea, 1943-1944

    by Harry Gailey ...
    A GREAT WARRIOR AT THE PEAK OF HIS POWERSIn March 1942, General Douglas MacArthur faced an enemy who, in the space of a few months, captured Malaya, Burma, the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, and, from their base at Raubaul in New Britain, threaten Australia. Upon his retreat to Australia, MacArthur hoped to find enough men and matérielfor a quick offensive against the Japanese. Instead, he ... Read more

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  • Royal Australian Navy & MacArthur

    by Ian Pfennigwerth ...
    By 1945, General MacArthurs forces had advanced from Papua to the Philippines and to Borneo. The vast majority of the troops, supplies, and equipment for this campaign were transported by sea, and MacArthurs success was based on 22 amphibious assaults. Soldiers and Marines did the ground fighting and MacArthurs air forces eventually ruled the skies, but it was the ships of the United States and ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD