{"product_id":"allied-victory-over-japan-1945-by-jon-diamond-9781399042888","title":"Allied Victory Over Japan 1945","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1944, with the war in Europe turning in the Allies' favour, Japan still occupied vast swathes of South East Asia and the Pacific. In Burma, the seemingly unstoppable Japanese advance was halted at Kohima and Imphal in June and July 1944. Six months later, the advances made by British-led forces enabled the re-opening of the supply routes from India to US forces in China.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt was not until Spring 1945 that British-led forces seized first Mandalay and then the port city of Rangoon after a year of gruelling fighting. Admiral Nimitz's and General MacArthur's forces, meanwhile, were overcoming fanatical Japanese resistance as they invaded Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Leyte, and Luzon in late 1944. Iwo Jima and Okinawa fell to the Allies in early 1945. These successes enabled USAAF Superfortresses to bomb mainland Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLate Spring\/early Summer 1945 saw the steady recapture of the Northern Solomons and Brunei, Borneo, and former Dutch colonies. The Soviets were advancing into Manchuria and Korea. The atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 finally forced the Japanese to surrender without the inevitable carnage of an invasion of their mainland. The tumultuous events of the final year of the Second World War in the Far East are brilliantly described here in contemporary well-captioned images and succinct text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAllied Victory Over Japan 1945\u003c\/em\u003e by Jon Diamond MD is authored by a kidney specialist in the USA with a deep interest in the Second World War. He is a keen collector of photographs. His other works, such as \u003cem\u003eStilwell and the Chindits\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWar in the South Pacific\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eInvasion of Sicily\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eInvasion of the Italian Mainland: Salerno to Gustav Line, 1943-1944\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOnto Rome 1944\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eAnzio and Victory at Cassino\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBeyond Rome to the Alps\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eAcross the Arno and Gothic Line, 1944-1945\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOp Plunder - The Rhine River Crossing\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMacArthur's Papua New Guinea Campaign\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHell in the Central Pacific\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLiberation of the Philippines\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Fall of Malaya and Singapore\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Battle of Okinawa 1945\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBurma Victory\u003c\/em\u003e, are all published by Pen and Sword in the \u003cem\u003eImages of War\u003c\/em\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition features 250 black and white illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bookreps NZ Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47900267675884,"sku":"9781399042888","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781399042888-allied-victory-over-japan-1945.jpg?v=1783395595","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/allied-victory-over-japan-1945-by-jon-diamond-9781399042888","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}