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On the morning of December 7, 1941, Aviation Chief Ordnanceman John W. Finn, though wounded, continued to man his machine gun against the waves of Japanese attacks around Pearl Harbor. Just over three years later, as World War II struggled into its final months, a B-29 radioman named Red Erwin died to save his fellow crewman in the skies near Japan. They were the first and last of thirty U.S. Navy, Army, and Marine Corps aviation personnel awa...

When the smoke cleared on Iwo Jima in March 1945, 19, 000 American Marines had been wounded and 7, 000 were dead, a casualty rate of nearly 39 percent. Lasting over a month, Iwo was the Marines' bloodiest battle of the war and the only Pacific battle in which a U.S. landing force suffered more casualties than it inflicted.

James Hallas reconstructs the full panorama of the Battle of Saipan in a way that no recent chronicler has done. In its comprehensiveness, attention to detail, scope of research, and ultimate focus on the men who fought and won the battle, this is the definitive military history of Saipan, a turning point of the Pacific War.

This multi-layered history of World War I's doughboys recapitulates the enthusiasm of scores of soldiers as they trained for war, voyaged to France, and finally, faced the harsh reality of combat on the Western Front.

The Devil's Anvil tells the history of the battle for the island of Peleliu in the Western Caroline Islands--a battle that was supposed to take two days and instead took two months.

When the smoke cleared on Iwo Jima in March 1945, 19, 000 American Marines had been wounded and 7, 000 were dead, a casualty rate of nearly 39 percent. Lasting over a month, Iwo was the Marines' bloodiest battle of the war and the only Pacific battle in which a U.S. landing force suffered more casualties than it inflicted. It was also the most highly decorated single engagement in Marine Corps history.

Hallas has done a good job of showing what the war was really like for those men fighting it."--Library Journal "Elegant and accessible, it reads like a novel. . . . (I)t is a window into a world and a way of life."--Bruce Gudmundsson, author of Stormtroop Tactics: This multilayered history of World War I's doughboys captures the experiences of American soldiers as they trained for war, voyaged to France, and faced the harsh reality of combat ...

A key point in the Japanese defensive line on Okinawa in May 1945, Sugar Loaf Hill was the site of a tenacious seven-day battle that inflicted heavy casualties on the US Marines attacking the hill. In this emotionally compelling account of the fierce fight, this book chronicles the extraordinary courage and tactical skills of the 6th Marine Division's junior officers and enlisted men as they captured a network of sophisticated Japanese defence...

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