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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-02-21 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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The air campaign that incinerated Japan's cities was the first and only time that independent air power has won a war. As the United States pushed Imperial Japa
Retribution
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Pages: 690
Authors: Max Hastings
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-03-10 - Publisher: Vintage

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By the summer of 1944 it was clear that Japan's defeat was inevitable, but how the drive to victory would be achieved remained unclear. The ensuing drama—that
Kamikaze
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Authors: Steven J. Zaloga
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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The destruction of much of the remainder of the Japanese fleet and its air arm in the later half of 1944 left the Japanese Home Islands vulnerable to attack by
Defense of Japan 1945
Language: en
Pages: 97
Authors: Steven J. Zaloga
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-12-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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In 1945, with her fleet destroyed and her armies beaten, the only thing that stood between Japan and an Allied invasion was the numerous coastal defence positio
Implacable Foes
Language: en
Pages: 744
Authors: Waldo Heinrichs
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-01 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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On 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. Exhaust