World War II: invasion of Mindoro, Philippines Barrage rockets during the invasion of Mindoro, Philippines, in December 1944. Launched... UPI/Bettmann Newsphotos Pacific War The Allied approach to the Japanese home islands during the final phase of the Pacific... ...
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WORLD WAR II: PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS (TSR 3031) $34.95 This TSR/SPI series WORLD WAR II grand strategic game covers the Pacific Theatre of Operations and the Asian mainland from 1937 to 1945. Carrier raids, amphibious operations, strategic warfare, industry, island hopping, and submarine...
The Naked and the Dead, novel by Norman Mailer, published in 1948 and hailed as one of the finest American novels to come out of World War II. The story concerns a platoon of 13 American soldiers who are stationed on the Japanese-held island of Anopopei
The Pacific Theater was important because winning in the Pacific opened up additional bases for the victor and ultimately success. What happened in the Pacific Theater during World War 2? The Pacific Theater during WWII saw both land and sea battles. The opposing sides engaged in island-hopping,...
The Messinger Collection contains 100 black-and-white photographs that record one soldier's views of Japan in the closing days of World War II, including 14 aerial photographs of Nagasaki after the atomic bombing on August 9, 1945. The photographs include views of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; the ...
and other motorized vehicles were to play a much greater role, at the start of the war, many armies that would take part in the fighting fielded a number of units on horseback. The bookWorld War II US Cavalry Units: Pacific Theaterby author Gordon L. Rottman provides a study for those ...
Like the movies that came before, the long-storied plethora of World War II shows can’t be defined by any one genre. Sure, there are combat-focused tales full of soldier camaraderie, valor on the battlefield, and traumatic loss, but there are also those shows that offer kitchen-sink dra...
Communism was the specter that haunted its leaders, whether in the Soviet Union, China, or Southeast Asia (where, in the 1960s and early 1970s, it would fight a disastrous losing war, the first of many to come, in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia). Here, there, and everywhere, even ...
2.Inglourious Basterds(2009) Inglourious Basterds isn't based on real-life events. The movie is a fictional story about two plots to assassinate the leaders of the German war machine. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, the film boasts an all-star cast, including Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Eli...