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MacArthur's Papua New Guinea Offensive, 1942-1943
';A compelling chronicle of the Battle of Papua New Guinea with rarely viewed images from World War II ... an excellent book.' Naval Historical Foundation The Japanese seizure of …
Fall of Malaya and Singapore
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 …
First Blood in North Africa
Photo chronicle of Patton's Americans versus Rommel's Afrika Korps in World War II In November 1942, eleven months after Pearl Harbor, the U.S. launched Operation Torch, its first …
Chindit vs Japanese Infantryman
In order to keep China in the war against the Japanese, the Western Allies believed they had to return to Northern Burma. Colonel Orde Wingate, a military maverick and proponent of …
Stilwell and the Chindits: The Allies Campaign in Northern Burma 1943-1944
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 …
On to Rome: Anzio and Victory at Cassino, 1944
Early in 1944 the Allied advance was halted by the German defence of the Gustav Line. Even with the deployment of Eighth Army reinforcements from the Adriatic, every effort to …
Battle of Okinawa 1945
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 …
MacArthur's Papua New Guinea Offensive, 1942-1943
The Japanese seizure of Rabaul on New Britain in January 1942 directly threatened Northern Australia and, as a result, General Douglas MacArthur took command of the Southwest …
Montgomery's Rhine River Crossing
“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’ …
Allied Victory Over Japan 1945
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 …
Three Battles of El Alamein
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 …
Archibald Wavell
Archibald Wavell remains one of the great Allied commanders of the early phases of World War II. In fact, between June 1940 and June 1941, he was the only British theatre commander …