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Indlæser... War on Our Doorstep: The Unknown Campaign on North America's West Coastaf Brendan Coyle
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. This book describes the Second World War efforts of Japan, Canada and the United States in the struggle for control of the Aleutian islands, Alaska, and the west coast of Canada and the United States. It is a very readable chronicle with pictures of the events of this little known conflict. Using the records of the Japanese navy as well as the archives of the Canadian and American forces, Coyle describes the submarine attacks and patrols in the western Pacific as well as the invasion and occupation of the islands of Attu, Kiska by the Japanese forces and their subsequent expulsion. ( ) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
In June 1942, Japanese troops occupied the Aleutian islands of Attu and Kiska in Alaska, the first enemy occupation of US territory since the War of 1812. For the next year a bloody conflict raged that was nearly invisible to most North Americans as Canadian and American soldiers, airmen and sailors went north to hold the Japanese in check. This is the complete story of the war in the North Pacific, including details of: Japanese subs lurking off the west coast, sinking ships and shelling the coast of British Columbia; the submarine-launched airplane that bombed Oregon's forests; the surreal tale of balloon-bombs crossing the Pacific to North America. "Brendan Coyle has done a magnificent job in this comprehensive review of the war on the West Coast. No other single volume has so neatly tied together the myriad stories of how the war affected people in British Columbia, California, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska." --Jim Delgado No library descriptions found. |
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