Implacable Foes: War in the Pacific, 1944-1945

by Marc S. Gallicchio, Waldo Heinrichs, Marc Gallicchio

Book Overview

May 8, 1945, Victory in Europe Day--shortened to "V.E. Day"--brought with it the demise of Nazi Germany. But for the Allies, the war was only half-won. Exhausted but exuberant American soldiers, ready to return home, were sent to join the fighting in the Pacific, which by the spring and summer of 1945 had turned into a grueling campaign of bloody attrition against an enemy determined to fight to the last man. Germany had surrendered unconditionally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019061675X
• ISBN13: 9780190616755
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 744 Pages
• Weight: 2.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"