pacific ocean

A collection of documents the provide insight into the origins and conduct of World War II, the Pacific theatre, looking at major battles between America and Japan, and discussing the role of submarines and airpower in the conflict.

e personal memoir of the author while serving in the Pacific during World War II as a foot soldier in the Marines.

Describes the "Race" war fought in the Pacific during World War II and examines the propaganda which contributed to a war without mercy.

Text and plentiful illustrations trace the Second World War in the Far East and the Pacific from its origins in Manchuria to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

A history with photographs of the plane that carried the atomic bomb to Japan, its pilots and their missions.

Describes the events leading up to the Battle of Midway, the battle itself, and the aftermath. Uses period photographs to illustrate much of the action.

Chronicles the events surrounding the wreck of the whaleship Essex in 1821, which sank after being rammed by an eighty-ton bull sperm whale, forcing its crew to sail to the distant coast of South America in three tiny boats.

Tells the story of the Essex, a whaleship that set sail from Nantucket in 1819 on a routine voyage, and was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale in the South Pacific, setting the twenty-man crew adrift in three tiny boats.

In early 1944, as the war rages around them, an American family travels from India to the United States by ship, under blackout conditions, through the enemy waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Michael Cosgrove had a beautiful family, a successful career, and a lovely home overlooking the Pacific Ocean. At the age of sixty he decided to leave it all behind and sail around the world. In his attempt to avoid the inevitable, growing old, weak, and frail, Cosgrove did the unthinkable. He broke his budget to outfit the boat, refused to read the manuals, and sailed dangerously. In the midst of his terror he tried to keep his dream of doing something grand alive.