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Combat eBook Series

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  • US Marine vs Japanese Infantryman

    Guadalcanal 1942–43

    by Gordon L. Rottman ...
    Series Book 8 - Combat
    The brutal fighting between US Marines and Japanese infantry on the island of Guadalcanal in many ways came to typify the island-hopping war in the Pacific.This book not only explores the differing tactics and equipment used by the two combatants but also shows how the challenges of fighting in inhospitable tropical jungles impacted on soldiers on the ground, as combatants had to deal not only ... Read more

    $17.90 CAD

  • US Marine vs Japanese Infantryman

    Guadalcanal 1942–43

    by Gordon L. Rottman ...
    Series Book 8 - Combat
    The brutal fighting between US Marines and Japanese infantry on the island of Guadalcanal in many ways came to typify the island-hopping war in the Pacific.This book not only explores the differing tactics and equipment used by the two combatants but also shows how the challenges of fighting in inhospitable tropical jungles impacted on soldiers on the ground, as combatants had to deal not only ... Read more

    $17.90 CAD

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  • Carlson’s Marine Raiders

    Makin Island 1942

    by Gordon L. Rottman ...
    Series Book 44 - Raid
    On August 17–18, 1942, 211 men of the US Marine Corps' 2nd Raider Battalion conducted a daring amphibious raid on the Japanese-occupied Makin Island in the South Pacific.This ambitious but flawed operation was intended to divert Japanese reinforcements bound for Guadalcanal, over 1,000 miles to the southwest, in the wake of the US landings there ten days earlier; the Raiders were to destroy the ... Read more

    $17.90 CAD

  • No Bended Knee

    The Battle for Guadalcanal

    by Merrill B. Twining ...
    “A VIVID NARRATIVE . . . A splendid first-person account of the costly campaign that enabled Allied forces to wrest Guadalcanal from the Japanese in World War II’s Pacific theater.”—Kirkus Reviews“By reading and studying No Bended Knee, the military professional can gain an appreciation for war at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels. Twining writes as he served his corps—boldly and ... Read more

    Was $9.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD

  • Islands of Destiny

    The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun

    by John Prados ...
    The Battle of Midway is traditionally held as the point when Allied forces gained advantage over the Japanese. In Islands of Destiny, acclaimed historian and military intelligence expert John Prados points out that the Japanese forces quickly regained strength after Midway and continued their assault undaunted.Taking this surprising fact as the start of his inquiry, he began to investigate how and ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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  • The Battle for Tinian

    Vital Stepping Stone in America's War Against Japan

    by Nathan N. Prefer ...
    This vivid history chronicles the decisive US naval campaign that secured the Japanese island of Tinian—the site that would launch the end of WWII.In July 1944, the United States Navy and Marine Corps, Army, and Air Corps descended on the Pacific island of Saipan, just three miles away from the Japanese stronghold on the island of Tinian. There had been 20,000 Japanese troops on Saipan before the ... Read more

    $15.83 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rising Sun Victorious: An Alternate History of the Pacific War

    by Peter G. Tsouras ...
    Coming soon... ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD

  • The Pacific Naval War 1941–1945

    by David Wragg ...
    This vividly detailed WWII history chronicles the bitter conflict at sea between Allied and Japanese naval forces.The Pacific War was primarily fought at sea. Naval power allowed the Japanese to mount their attack on Pearl Harbor and then advance westwards and southwards. It also enabled the Allies to strike back and even take the war to Japan itself. The tide turned very quickly, with the US ... Read more

    $2.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rising Sun Victorious

    Alternate Histories of the Pacific War

    by Peter G. Tsouras ...
    The editor of Third Reich Victorious shares plausible alternate scenarios and outcomes of Pacific Theater battles during World War II.In war, victory can be held hostage to seemingly insignificant incidents—chance events, opportunities seized or cast aside—that can derail the most brilliant military strategies and change the course of history. What if the Japanese had conquered India and driven ... Read more

    $13.67 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Guadalcanal: Starvation Island

    by Eric Hammel ...
    GUADALCANAL: Starvation Island by Eric Hammel =- The Japanese defeats at Midway and Guadalcanal decided the outcome of the Pacific War. Guadalcanal was the classic three-dimensional campaign. On land, at sea, and in the air, fierce battles were fought with both sides stretching their supplies and equipment to the breaking point. The campaign lasted six months, involved nearly one million men, and ... Read more

    $9.08 CAD

  • The Conquering Tide

    War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944

    by Ian W. Toll ...
    Series Book 2 - The Pacific War Trilogy
    **A New York Times Bestseller"A beautiful blend of history and prose and proves again Mr. Toll’s mastery of the naval-war narrative." —Wall Street Journal**This masterful history encompasses the heart of the Pacific War—the period between mid-1942 and mid-1944—when parallel Allied counteroffensives north and south of the equator washed over Japan's far-flung island empire like a "conquering tide," ... Read more

    $23.30 CAD

  • The Do-Or-Die Men

    The 1st Marine Raider Battalion at Guadalcanal

    by George W. Smith ...
    The gripping true account of the 1st Marine Raider Battalion—from its formation and training to its heroic baptism under fire in the battles of Tulagi and Guadalcanal.No campaign in World War II was undertaken with as many shortcomings as Operation Watchtower—the invasion of Guadalcanal in the summer of 1942. Rushed into action with little training, virtually no enemy intelligence, and using ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD