Harry Gailey: 4 books
War in the Pacific
From Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
Historian Harry Gailey offers a fresh one-volume treatment of the vast Pacific theater in World War II, examining in detail the performance of Japanese and Allied naval, air, and land forces in every major military operation. The War in the Pacific begins with an examination of events leading up to...
MacArthur's Victory
The War in New Guinea, 1943-1944
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A GREAT WARRIOR AT THE PEAK OF HIS POWERS
In March 1942, General Douglas MacArthur faced an enemy who, in the space of a few months, captured Malaya, Burma, the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, and, from their base at Raubaul in New Britain, threaten Australia. Upon his retreat to Australia,...
Bougainville, 1943-1945
The Forgotten Campaign
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
" The 1943 invasion of Bougainville, largest and northernmost of the Solomon Islands, and the naval battles during the campaign for the island, contributed heavily to the defeat of the Japanese in the Pacific War. Here Harry Gailey presents the definitive account of the long and bitter fighting...
Lugard and the Abeokuta Uprising
The Demise of Egba Independence
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.