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Paradise in Ruins offers readers a look at the Pacific Theater of World War Two by introducing them to military and naval leaders from both sides of the conflict, as well as local populations of the Pacific islands whose lives were suddenly disrupted by the brutal events that exploded eastward from Japan in 1941. Perhaps you had family members among the many thousands of young men and women who got transported across the Pacific Ocean to thos...

Colonies in Ruins is a collection of intriguing short-stories about foreign colonies of the Asia-Pacific region-British Malaya, French Indochina, the Dutch East Indies, and the US Philippine Islands. For a very long time, these colonies had generated fabulous wealth from mining and agriculture for their colonial masters, but colonial life came to an end on December 8, 1941 as they were each attacked by Japanese forces soon after the US Naval B...

Focused mainly on the First Marine Division in WWII, An Empire in Ruins provides readers with an understanding of the major land, sea, and air actions in the Asia Pacific theater, followed by an encapsulation of post-war activities that took place after the defeat of Japan. Including an Introduction about the European Theater to explain how World War Two began, the time-scale for this book is approximately 1940 to 1946, and its historical accu...

Focused mainly on the First Marine Division in WWII, An Empire in Ruins provides readers with an understanding of the major land, sea, and air actions in the Asia Pacific theater, followed by an encapsulation of post-war activities that took place after the defeat of Japan. Including an Introduction about the European Theater to explain how World War Two began, the time-scale for this book is approximately 1940 to 1946, and its historical accu...

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At dawn on Sunday December 7, 1941, Japan devasted the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. While war had already been raging in Europe and in Asia for several years, this sudden typhoon-like attack drew the United States into the most disruptive and wasteful cataclysm of human history-the Second World War. Most history books speak to the battles and historical figures pivotal to the outcome of the war, yet there were also ordinary people-bo...

At dawn on Sunday December 7, 1941, Japan devasted the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. While war had already been raging in Europe and in Asia for several years, this sudden typhoon-like attack drew the United States into the most disruptive and wasteful cataclysm of human history-the Second World War. Most history books speak to the battles and historical figures pivotal to the outcome of the war, yet there were also ordinary people-bo...

Colonies in Ruins is a collection of intriguing stories about the captive colonies of Southeast Asia that were transformed by WWII into modern nations. Visit prewar Singapore, Malaya, Indochina, Borneo, Java, the Philippines, Formosa, and Korea through the well-researched penmanship of author Antwyn Price, and see what became of them after the war.

Colonies in Ruins is a collection of intriguing stories about the captive colonies of Southeast Asia that were transformed by WWII into modern nations. Visit prewar Singapore, Malaya, Indochina, Borneo, Java, the Philippines, Formosa, and Korea through the well-researched penmanship of author Antwyn Price, and see what became of them after the war.

On December 7, 1941, Japan devastated the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. While war had been raging in Europe and in Asia for years, this unprovoked attack drew the United States into the most disruptive and wasteful cataclysm in human history-the Second World War. While history books speak to the battles and historical figures pivotal to the outcome of the war, there were also ordinary people-both civilian and uniformed-who were propelled out ...