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Fencer51D -> RE: OT: Pacific WW2 reference books (8/28/2020 1:20:08 PM)
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I would recommend several..
A trilogy covering the entire Pacific theater by Ian Toll..
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 (Vol. 1) (Pacific War Trilogy): War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942
The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944 (Vol. 2) (Pacific War Trilogy): War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 (Vol. 3) (Pacific War Trilogy) Due September 1,2020
A close look at the US Navy fighter air arm 1941-42, 2 volume set by John Lundstrom..
The First Team: Pacific Naval Air Combat from Pearl Harbor to Midway
First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942
A great book about the Japanese military lots of info about ships, planes, equipment, culture leaders etc, try ABEBOOKS, published in 1976 by S.L. Mayer
The Japanese War Machine
A trio of excellent detail ridden books about the two carrier battles and one major naval action around Guadalcanal, by Eric Hammel
Carrier Clash: The Invasion of Guadalcanal & The Battle of the Eastern Solomons August 1942
Carrier Strike : The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942
Guadalcanal: Decision at Sea, the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, November 13-15, 1942
He has several other excellent books as well!
A trio of recent best sellers by James Hornfischer..
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
A masterpiece on the sub war in the pacific by Clay Blair jr, old book published in the mid 70s, try abebooks, although the USNI republished it in 2001ish.
Careful buying older books as it was sometimes broken into two volumes
Silent Victory: The U. S. Submarine War Against Japan
"this history of the U.S. submarine war is one of the most informative and entertaining books written on the Pacific campaign. The author, a respected journalist and World War II submariner himself, is credited with providing a complete and unbiased account of what happened. When published in 1975, it was the first such account to detail controversial aspects of the American campaign, from the torpedo scandal to discrepancies between claimed and confirmed sinkings. To get to the truth, Clay Blair interviewed scores of skippers, staff officers, and code breakers, and combed thousands of documents and personal papers. In addition, he thoroughly researched the development of the submarine and torpedo from pre-war to post-war times. As a result, he takes the reader into the submarine war at all levels--the highest strategy sessions in Washington, the terrifying moments in subs at the bottom of the ocean waiting out exploding depth charges, the zany efforts of a crew coaxing a chicken to lay an egg. He also exposes the reader to the jealous infighting of admirals vying for power and the problems between cautious older skippers and daring young commanders. Supplementing the text are nearly forty maps showing submarine activity in the context of every important naval engagement in the Pacific, more than thirty pages of photographs, multiple appendixes (including a calendar of submarine war patrols), and an index of over 2,000 entries. This is a work of great scholarship and scope that makes a timeless contribution to the history of World War II."
Biography of one of Japan's top Naval aces authored my Martin Caiden and Saburo Sakai..
SAMURAI!
Interesting view of the war by a Japanese destroyer captain, written by Tameichi Hara
Japanese Destroyer Captain: Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles as Seen Through Japanese Eyes
I could go on..
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