The Pacific War Atlas, 1941-1945

by David Smurthwaite

Book Overview

August 1995 will mark the 50th anniversay of the conclusion of the Pacific War. This book brings to life all the famous, as well as little-known, battles and locations, and the brilliant... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816032866
• ISBN13: 9780816032860
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Facts on File
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Great Overview of the Pacific Theater

In 141 pages Smurthwaite has condensed the major engagements, both land and sea, of the Pacific Theater. The strength of this work is its brevity and the huge number of useful maps. While reading other more detailed accounts of various engagements, I would frequently reach for this book and the pertinent map. Brief it may be but not a word is wasted in providing a brilliant summary.A great companion for "The Two-Ocean War" by Samuel Eliot Morrison

Maps, maps, maps

This is a great book. It has pages and pages of colored maps marked with symbols to tell you who was where, how they were moving and what happened (i.e., the advancement of an Australian Army Regiment or where Allied ships were sunk). Has small pictures relating to the campaign or battle being referenced, but this is a mostly a map book, and a great one at that.