Pacific Breakthrough

Lawrence Cortesi

Zebra-War

Used Paperback

Cover has wear mostly around the edges and corners. Spine has creasing. top outer pages have line drawn across. Pages are clean no internal tears, marks, or creases.

The fate of the world rested on their shoulders. Its April 1944, half a dozen B-29 Superfortress planes have just landed in China to join the new US 20th Air Force, and the war in the Pacific is about to turn. The plan is to begin the first systematic bombing of Japan, but the path between here and there is littered with Japanese fighter planes and anti-aircraft guns, and such a mission is surely suicide. The solution? Take the islands of Saipan, Tinian and Guam from the Japanese and use them as US force bases instead. No mean feat. Especially when the enemy forces are determined not to give up without a fight. But with the faith of Admiral Nimitz, time running out and no other options, everything rested on perfect planning and bravery and resilience of those involved In Cortesis trademark style, Pacific Breakthrough tells the true story of Operation Forager through clever novelisation.

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