World War II in the North Pacific

Preserving much rare and disintegrating information, this comprehensive chronology and fact book provides day-to-day records covering a third of the Pacific war for the first time. Recounts events in the North Pacific between August 1943 and September 1945, revealing the activities of the Allies, including the Soviet Union and the Japanese. It identifies the location and activities of the various units, their landings, and battles. Short biographies make participants come alive. Appendices provide a glossary, and give key information about prisoners of war, American internees, Army Air Forces, U.S. Navy, Japanese North Pacific Forces forces, Soviet Forces, U.S. units and bases, and American and Japanese personnel.This account shows how events in the North Pacific had an impact in the South and Central theater of the war. The record shows how Admiral Chester Nimitz's offensive actions before major operations, his bombings and bombardments and false radio broadcasts helped bring about later victories and how his destruction of the Japanese fishing fleet set out to shorten the war. A bibliography, index, maps, charts, and photographs further enrich this little-known history for all interested in understanding this now forgotten conflict.

"This is a remarkably well-focused reference work with amazingly rich detail concerning the Japanese occupation of the United States territory in the Aleutian Islands and the American and Canadian response, 1942-1945."-Carl Boyd, author of Hitler's Japanese Confidant, ?I would recommend this book for all those interested in the fascinating (and largely ignored) story of the struggle for the North Pacific. It is a very useful reference companion to the accounts already written.?-The Northern Mariner, ?Some of the detail is fascinating or has human interest value, and it conveys well the sense of what it was like to fight in a climate so harsh that combatants often had more to fear from the terrible weather than from the enemy. Recommended for large collections on WWII or military history.?-Choice, ?This is an invaluable reference tool for scholars of the Pacific war. It is also useful as a historical treatment of the subject. Highly recommended for appropriate research collections.?-ARBA 95, "I would recommend this book for all those interested in the fascinating (and largely ignored) story of the struggle for the North Pacific. It is a very useful reference companion to the accounts already written."-The Northern Mariner

KEVIN DON HUTCHISON is an information specialist and lifelong student of military history. An acknowledged authority on World War II in the North Pacific, he has pursued the complete history of Operation Desert Storm worldwide and continues his study of the war. A member of several military and historical associations, he has written numerous articles for military journals and magazines, and is the author of the forthcoming Greenwood title Operation Desert Shield.