What are the best books on the pacific theater of wwii. First published in 1925, hector bywater anticipated many of the details of the conflict in the pacific during the second world war. Bywater books authors take home ippy awards bywater books. Many of our customers use multiple forms of ereaders, so we provide a. They cant realize the change aviation has made richard m. And though the battle locales that constitute the war in the pacific pearl harbor, midway, tarawa, guadalcanal, iwo jima are common knowledge, locations and statistics alone cant. This blowbyblow fictional account of a war between the united states and japan was a forerunner of actual events, written 16 years before the japanese attacked pearl harbor. After the victory at bywater, the hobbits marched on to bag end, where. This account, written 16 years before pearl harbor, details tactical and stategic considerations of such a war given the existing and projected sizes and dispositions of each countrys navies and bases. Strange to say, until honans book, bywaters astounding role as, literally, the author of the pacific aspect of the second world war, has been virtually eclipsed. This was primarily a naval war as sea power allowed the japanese to mount their attack on pearl harbour and then advance westwards and southwards, and it was sea power that enabled the allies to strike back and even take the war to japan itself. A history of the americanjapanese campaign of 1933 hector bywater on.
The us pursued a twopronged offensive across the central and southwest. Originally published in 1925 and recently reprinted in paperback, the great pacific war is an alternate history, describing a war between the usa and japan in 19311933. A history of the americanjapanese campaign of 19311933, vol. This 1925 novel inspired japans attack on pearl harbor the. Nimitz, the commander of the central pacific theater, were familiar with the great pacific waror one of its many imitations, such as sutherland denlingers war in the pacific. A well researched and compelling history of the second world war in the pacific, mainly told from the japanese point of view.
A collection of three historical short stories that trace the gregor family from their roots in scotland in 1773, through a war in british america and a catawba valley vineyard enterprise, civil war, their adventures along the mississippi river and their serendipitous meeting with mark twain, and their struggles through the great depression and. At least one historian claims bywaters book was widely read by senior officers in the imperial japanese navy. After world war ii many military leaders in both the allied powers and imperial japan confirmed that bywaters the great pacific war was a key resource book in planning military strategy during the war. This is a gripping account of a war between the us and japana forerunner of actual events. While this attention is both wellearned and welldeveloped. Martins press, describes a future war between japan and the united states. Strange intelligence ahead of wwi, a war that was to put the british navy to its sternest test since trafalgar, bywater reveals how he and his fellow agents deceived the enemy to gather vital intelligence on german naval capabilities. In 1925, bywater published the great pacific war expanding on his ideas about a future clash between japanese and u. Bywaters alternate history classic, a preimagining of wwii in the pacific.
The great pacific war was a 1925 novel by british author hector charles bywater which discussed a hypothetical future war between japan and the united. Bywater was perhaps the british secret services finest agent operating in germany before the first world war, tasked with collecting intelligence on naval installations. Bywater was a naval correspondent for the london daily telegraph. Home new zealand at war second world war war in the pacific page 5. War in the pacific islands, 19421944 volume 2 pacific war trilogy adobe epub ebook, kindle book, overdrive read average rating. Bywater, begins with a surprise japanese attack in 1931 that wipes out much of americas. War at sea in the pacific, 19411942 volume 1 pacific war trilogy adobe epub ebook, kindle book, overdrive read average rating. One of the great pacific war scenarios covers a possible 1931 conflict between japan and america as postulated by the british journalist hector bywater in his. Check out combined fleet decoded by john prados, 1995. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Novel bywater predicted great pacific war pearl harbor. This 1925 novel inspired japans attack on pearl harbor. Within a few weeks from the outbreak of hostilities both guam and the philip. Hector charles bywater was a british journalist and military writer.
Written in 1925, the great pacific war which has just been reissued by st. P to a point the probable course of a naval war between the united states and japan can be fore. This is a question that has been begged by the decades of europefirst histories of great quality, but extreme focus on the the battles in the west including the germans eastern front. Bywater books announces amble press, an imprint for diverse queer voices.
The great pacific war was a 1925 novel by british author hector charles bywater which discussed a hypothetical future war between japan and the united states. This account, written 16 years before pearl harbor, details tactical and stategic considerations of such a war given the existing and projected. The book was the great pacific war, written in 1925 by hector bywater, a. A roll was made of the names of all the hobbits who fought in the battle of bywater, with captains meriadoc brandybuck and peregrin took listed at the top.
Pacific theatre world war two books on war in the pacific land, air and sea battles guadalcanal, iwo jima, new guinea, midway, okinawa, tarawa, solomons, philippines. A world war ii story of survival, resilience, and redemption by. Though the book is now dated, it is still frequently cited by historians looking at race during wwii. The novel accurately predicted a number of details about the pacific campaign of world war ii. Imagining a pacific war bywater wrote his book after the washington treaty was signed, it was published in 1925 bywater did not foresee many developments like the 1925 treaty that outlawed poison gas and the 1930 london treaty bywater did correctly forecast the general outline of the pacific war that actually occurred in 1941 45. To accept cookies from this site, please click the allow cookies button below.
John dower wrote a book in 1987 titled war without mercy. New zealanders who served in the pacific war had diverse experiences. Admiral admiralty aircraft carriers american fleet army baltimore sun britain bywater bywater wrote bywater s bywater s book capital ships coast commander. What is interesting is the amount of detail that bywater brings to the war that never happened and forecasts some of the steps that the us would enventually take in ww2. A novel entitled 1931 the great pacific war could have been read admiral yamamoto who was in the u. Download the campaigns of the pacific war pdf epub, mobi ebooks without registration on our website. Martin tells the story of the women who built the bombers that helped win world war ii. World war ii pacific theatre the best fiction and nonfiction on the war between the allied forces and japan in the pacific theatre. Thank you for purchasing this title from bywater books and supporting our authors. Institute for the study of war and on december 7, 1941, japan staged a surprise attack on pearl harbor, severely damaging the us pacific fleet. It is an excellent account of the whole pacific war. War in the pacific books on pearl harbor, the island war, battle of midway, american and japanese naval forces from broughs books. Once the war broke out, most of the naval strategists working for the joint chiefs of staff in washington, and for chester w. Race and power in the pacific war that does an excellent job detailing the racism that stemmed from both the u.
The pacific strategy, 19411944 the national wwii museum. In this balanced and thoughtful chronicle, historian and world war ii expert len deighton dares to explore intriguing questions, including why the british werent more prepared for the. Bywaters book was mentioned in an article i read on us pacific war plans in the 1920s1940 war plan orange. It was a realistic account of a clash between the united states. For more information on what data is contained in the cookies, please see our cookie policy. Bywater, the worlds leading naval authority in the period between the two world wars, prophesied the following.
Bywater explains the inevitable war in the pacific between the united states and japan if the naval treaty between the us, uk, and japan hadnt been signed in the 1920s. Download pdf the campaigns of the pacific war ebook. In this book, he creates a fictional history of a war between japan and the united states. Armed forces americas, armed forces europe, armed forces pacific, british. This website requires cookies to provide all of its features. Bywater books authors share their thoughts on ptowns womens week. When germany and italy declared war on the united states days later, america found itself in a global war. Written 16 years before pearl harbor, bywater, a leading naval authority during the period between the two world wars, prophesied. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. But the japanese had a retentive memory then that enabled them to fashion the sneak attack, and subsequent pacific naval war, from the pages of a book written sixteen years previously by an english reporter.
Some people say the prewar section is a little dry but once the war starts, it is an great read. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Bywaters the great pacific war a novel about a large scale naval war between the u. Aging gracelessly in rehoboth beach available now stefani deoul the carousel the carousel has everything i look for in a. This is a gripping account of a war between the us and japana. Soldiers stories war in the pacific nzhistory, new. The pacific naval war 19411945 is an account of the war between the allies and the japanese.
Zalerts allow you to be notified by email about the availability of new books according to your search query. World war ii pacific theater questia online library. The hobbits were buried separately, and a stone was placed on their grave with a garden around it. The great pacific war tells the fictional history of a war between the united states and japan between 1931 and 1933. Japanese troops simultaneously invade the phillippines and guam. They were involved in fighting in the jungle, some spent time in japanese prisoner of war camps, others took part in air raids or manned ships, while others.
Books on the pacific war from pearl harbor to hiroshima. Bywater was not the first western thinker to focus on the strategic importance of the pacific ocean. Despite the volumes written about world war ii, many questions remain unanswered. An absolutely riveting read from cover to cover, the liberators of willow run clearly showcases author marianne k. He is able to weave a very believable and seemingly accurate tale of how japan comes to attack the united states and all of the issues of a war between them. Instant access to millions of titles from our library and its free to try. In this book, he creates a fictional history of a war. Reporter predicted japanese attack pearl harbor hector. As a result we learn more about the japanese strategy for the war, the reasons for each decision, and the political background in japan. Discover librarianselected research resources on world war ii pacific theater from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and. The authors analysis of why things happend is very interesting and he is honest enough to say we dont know for reasons of some events. Hector bywater, a british naval correspondentexpert, wrote a most engaging book in the great pacific war. To this day first edition printings of the book in either english and japanese are highly sought after by collectors. Recruited by mansfield cumming, the first c or head of what would become mi6, bywater was given the designation h2o in what.
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