Storm Landings Epic Amphibious Battles In The Central Pacific Reprint Col Joseph H Alexander Usmc Ret by Col. Joseph H. Alexander Usmc (ret.) 9781591140177, 159114017X instant download after payment.

The Pacific War changed abruptly in November 1943 when Admiral Chester Nimitz unleashed a new offensive across the Central Pacific, spearheaded by fast carrier task forces and U.S. Marines. The sudden American proclivity for bold amphibious assaults into the teeth of prepared defenses astonished Japanese commanders. This is the story of seven relentless 'storm landings' executed against murderous enemy fire. Alexander s book vividly portrays the sheer drama of these three-dimensional battles whose magnitude and ferocity may never again be seen in this world.The Pacific War changed abruptly in November 1943 when Adm. Chester W.
Nimitz unleashed his Central Pacific drive, spearheaded by U.S. Marines.
The sudden American proclivity for bold amphibious assaults into the
teeth of prepared defenses astonished Japanese commanders, who called
them "storm landings" because they differed sharply from earlier
campaigns. This is the story of seven now-epic long-range assaults
executed against murderous enemy fire at Tarawa, Saipan, Guam, Tinian,
Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa - and a potential eighth, Kyushu. The
author describes each clash as demonstrating a growing U.S. ability to
concentrate an overwhelming naval force against a distant strategic
objective and literally kick down the front door. The battles were
violent, thoroughly decisive, and always bloody, with the landing force
never relinquishing the offensive. The cost of storming these seven
fortified islands was great: 74,805 combat casualties for the Marines
and their Navy comrades. Losses among participating Army and offshore
Navy units spiked the total to 100,000 dead and wounded. Award-winning
historian Joseph Alexander relates this extraordinary story with an easy
narrative style bolstered by years of research in original battle
accounts, new Japanese translations, and fresh interviews with
survivors.