| PART I Meiji Restoration: 1868 |
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Empires in Conflict
[1868–1931]
[Maps:
1.1,
1.2,
1.3,
1.4,
1.5,
1.6,
1.7,
1.8,
1.9,
1.10,
1.11]
[Photos]
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| PART II Japan versus America and the World: 1931–1941 |
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Ultra-nationalism and the Death of Democracy
[1930–1936]
[Maps:
2.1,
2.2,
2.3,
2.4]
[Photos]
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Japan versus China: From Phoney War to Total War
[1937–1941]
[Maps:
3.1,
3.2,
3.3,
3.4,
3.5,
3.6]
[Photos]
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Mobilization for War in Asia: America and Japan
[1931–December 1941]
[Map:
4.1 A]
[Chart:
4.1 B]
[Map:
4.2]
[Chart:
4.3]
[Photos]
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PART III Hirohito’s Whirlwind Conquests:
December 1941–June 1942 |
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Pearl Harbor: Yamamoto’s Great Mistake
[7 December 1941 in Hawaii and Washington: 8 December 1941 in Tokyo]
[Drawing:
5.1]
[Maps:
5.2,
5.3,
5.4]
[Photos]
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Plan ORANGE and MacArthur’s Philippines Debacle
[December 1941–April 1942]
[Maps:
6.1,
6.2,
6.3,
6.4,
6.5 ]
[Photos]
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Invasion of Malaya: Yamashita’s ‘Bicycle Blitzkrieg’
[December 1941–February 1942]
[Maps:
7.1 A,
7.1 B,
7.2,
7.3,
7.4,
7.5]
[Photos]
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Fall of Singapore: Churchill’s Sacrificial Pawn
[January 1942–February 1942]
[Map:
8.1]
[Photos]
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Burma Corps: Humiliation Then a Fighting Retreat
[January 1941–May 1942]
[Maps:
9.1,
9.2,
9.3,
9.4,
9.5 ]
[Photos]
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Dutch East Indies and Japan’s Quest for Oil
[December 1941–June 1942]
[Maps:
10.1,
10.3,
10.4, ] [Diagram
10.2 ]
[Photos]
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PART IV ‘Victory Disease’: Japan’s Reversal of Fortune:
June–December 1942 |
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Limits of Empire: Doolittle and New Military Strategies
[February 1942–May 1942]
[Maps:
11.1 A,
11.1 B,
11.2,
11.3,
11.4,
11.5,
11.6 A,
11.6 B,
11.7]
[Photos]
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Battle of the Coral Sea: The First Carrier ‘Shoot-Out’
[April 1942–May 1942]
[Maps:
12.1 A,
12.1 B,
12.2]
[Photos]
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Battle of Midway: Nimitz’s Lucky Day
[4–7 June 1942]
[Maps:
13.1,
13.2,
13.3]
[Photos]
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Battles of the Kokoda Trail: Aussies Triumphant
[June 1942–September 1942]
[Maps:
14.1,
14.2,
14.3 ]
[Photos]
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Guadalcanal: Battles of Tulagi, Savo Island, Tenaru and East Solomons
[May 1942–August 1942]
[Maps:
15.1,
15.2 A,
15.2 B,
15.3,
15.4,
15.5,
15.6,
15.7 ]
[Photos]
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Guadalcanal: Battle of Edson’s (Bloody) Ridge
[August 1942–November 1942]
[Maps:
16.1,
16.2,
16.3]
[Photos]
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Guadalcanal: Henderson Field and the Santa Cruz Islands
[September 1942–January 1943]
[Maps:
17.1,
17.2,
17.3,
17.4,
17.5]
[Photos]
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Battles of Buna-Gona-Sanananda: MacArthur’s Lies and Neglect
[November 1942–February 1943]
[Maps:
18.1,
18.2 ]
[Photos]
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Guadalcanal: Battle of Tassafaronga and Final Reckonings
[October 1942–February 1943]
[Maps:
19.1,
19.2 ]
[Photos]
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PART V Toil and Sweat: The Pacific, India, Burma, and China:
January 1943–June 1944 |
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Battle of the Bismarck Sea: Tipping Point of US Air Supremacy
[January 1943–March 1943]
[Drawing
20.1]
[Maps:
20.2,
20.3,
20.4,
20.5,
20.6,
20.7]
[Photos]
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Yamamoto Assassinated and the Battle of New Georgia
[March 1943–October 1943]
[Maps:
21.1,
21.2,
21.3,
21.4 A,
21.4 B,
21.5,
21.6 ]
[Photos]
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The Huon Peninsula: Operation CARTWHEEL Completed
[September 1943–April 1944]
[Maps:
22.1,
22.2,
22.3,
22.4 ]
[Photos]
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The Isolation of Rabaul and the Starvation of Bougainville
[November 1943–August 1945]
[Maps:
23.1,
23.2,
23.3,
23.4, ]
[Photos]
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The Battles of Arakan, Imphal, and Kohima: Slim Boxes Clever
[August 1943–July 1944]
[Maps:
24.1,
24.2,
24.3,
24.4,
24.5,
24.6,
24.7,
24.8 ]
[Photos]
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The ICHI-GO Campaign and the Battle of Myitkyina
[January 1944–August 1945]
[Maps:
25.1,
25.2,
25.3,
25.4,
25.5,
25.6,
25.7,
25.8,
25.9,
25.10 ]
[Photos]
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Battle for China: FDR, Chiang, Mao, and ‘Vinegar Joe’
[January 1942–August 1945]
[Charts:
26.1,
26.2 ]
[Photos]
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Jump to Hollandia: MacArthur’s Greatest Victory
[March 1944–October 1944]
[Maps:
27.1,
27.2,
27.3,
27.4,
27.5,
27.6 ]
[Photos]
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Pacific Island Hop: The Gilberts, Marshalls, and Carolines
[May 1943–June 1944]
[Maps:
28.1,
28.2,
28.3,
28.4,
28.5,
28.6 ]
[Photos]
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| PART VI |
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The Great Marianas ‘Turkey Shoot’
[February 1944–June 1944]
[Maps:
29.1,
29.2 ]
[Chart:
29.3]
[Photos]
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The Invasions of Saipan, Tinian, and Guam: General Tojo Upended
[June 1944–August 1945]
[Maps:
30.1,
30.2,
30.3,
30.4,
30.5 ]
[Photos]
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf: ‘Bull’ Halsey’s Mad Dash for Glory
[October 1944]
[Maps:
31.1,
31.2,
31.3,
31.4,
31.5,
31.6 ]
[Photos]
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“I Have Returned”: MacArthur Regains the Philippines
[October 1944–August 1945]
[Maps:
32.1,
32.2,
32.3,
32.4,
32.5,
32.6 ]
[Photos]
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The Battle of the Irrawaddy River: Slim’s ‘Mandalay Feint’
[January 1945–May 1945]
[Maps:
33.1,
33.2 ]
[Photos]
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| PART VII |
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Iwo Jima: The Iconic Battle of the Pacific War
[February 1945–March 1945]
[Maps:
34.1,
34.2,
34.3 ]
[Photos]
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The Battle of Okinawa: Slaughter of the Innocents
[April 1945–August 1945]
[Maps:
35.1,
35.2,
35.3 ]
[Photos]
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LeMay’s B-29 Superfortresses over Japan: Cities in Ashes
[April 1944–August 1945]
[Maps:
36.1,
36.2,
36.3,
36.4 ]
[Photos]
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Potsdam, Hirohito, and the Atom Bomb
[July 1945–August 1945]
[Drawings:
37.1,
37.2
] [Maps:
37.3,
37.4 ]
[Charts:
37.5,
37.6]
[Photos]
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