This book details the astonishing transformation that took place from 1942 to 1943, setting the Allies on a path to final victory against Japan.
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A global account of how - as the outcome of World War II still hung in the balance - millions of men and women around the world, torn from their civilian lives, passed the most important holiday of the Christian year.
First in a trilogy of books comprising a general history of war in the Asia Pacific, from the origins of enmity between Japan and China, through Japan's ascendancy in the early years of World War II.
This book describes how a US-led coalition of nations battled Japan into submission through a series of cataclysmic encounters that touched every corner of the Asia Pacific.
Shanghai 1937
- 312 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
This deeply researched book describes one of the great forgotten battles of the 20th century. At its height it involved nearly a million Chinese and Japanese soldiers, while sucking in three million civilians as unwilling spectators and, often, victims.
Nanjing 1937
- 336 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
The infamous Rape of Nanjing looms like a dark shadow over the history of Asia in the 20th century, and is among the most widely recognized chapters of World War II in China. By contrast, the story of the month-long campaign before this notorious massacre has never been told in its entirety. Nanjing 1937 by Peter Harmsen fills this gap.
Storm Clouds Over the Pacific
- 234 stránok
- 9 hodin čítania
Volume I in the acclaimed War in the Far East trilogy by acclaimed writer and author, Peter Harmsen, now available in paperback.
The story of how Bernhard Sindberg single-handedly saved thousands of civilians during the Japanese orgy of violence in the Chinese capital in late 1937 and early 1938.
This book details the astonishing transformation that took place from 1942 to 1943, setting the Allies on a path to final victory against Japan.