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Summary of John Winton's War in the Pacific (eBook, ePUB)

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

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#1 The signing of the Japanese surrender documents on board the U. S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 was a solemn moment. It all seemed a long way from a certain Sunday morning in December 1941, when Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, C. -in-C. Pacific, had looked out of his office window and seen a swarm of Japanese planes bombing, torpedoing, and strafing his battle fleet moored in Pearl Harbor.

#2 Pearl Harbor was a disaster for the Americans, but politically it came as a relief. The attack was a victory which ensured their defeat. The Americans abhorred war, and their politicians avoided it by every possible means.

#3 The signing of the Japanese surrender documents on board the U. S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 was a solemn moment. It all seemed a long way from a certain Sunday morning in December 1941, when Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, C. -in-C. Pacific, had looked out of his office window and seen a swarm of Japanese planes bombing, torpedoing, and strafing his battle fleet moored in Pearl Harbor.

#4 The signing of the Japanese surrender documents on board the U. S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945 was a solemn moment. It all seemed a long way from a certain Sunday morning in December 1941, when Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, C. -in-C. Pacific, had looked out of his office window and seen a swarm of Japanese planes bombing, torpedoing, and strafing his battle fleet moored in Pearl Harbor.

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• Verlag: IRB
• Seitenzahl: 51
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798350031201
• Artikelnr.: 65990502