The Pacific War Atlas 1941 - 1945

Among the many campaigns waged in the history of modern warfare, none can rival the war in the Pacific for boldness, strategic complexity and heart-pounding dramas. Within 6 months after launching a devastating attack on Pearl Harbour (7 December 1941). Japanese forces had conquered Malaya, Singapore, the Philippines and New Guinea, inflicting humiliating defeats on the ill-prepared Allies along the way. It took the Allies the better part a year to gain the initiative, and to break the vice-like grip the Japanese held on a huge swath of the Pacific.

The Pacific War Atlas traces the campaign in the Pacific in detail, from its conception through the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It brings a new clarity to the disposition of military units in all major battles and to the complicated web of strategic problems posted by fighting over sucha huge area.