Furious surface engagements, including rare battleship-on-battleship duels and carrier clashes.
He points out that neither side initially realized the massive commitment the other was willing to pour into these remote jungle islands. Islands of Destiny: The Solomons Campaign and t...
The grueling, muddy infantry battles on Guadalcanal and the push toward New Georgia. Japan was far from defeated after losing four
Japan was far from defeated after losing four aircraft carriers at Midway. They quickly reorganized and continued pushing south with massive momentum. Daily brutal dogfights and the iconic April 1943
Prados draws heavily from both American and declassified Japanese intelligence records to show exactly what both commands knew and when they knew it.
Daily brutal dogfights and the iconic April 1943 aerial ambush that killed Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.
What makes Prados’s account exceptionally deep is his background as a military intelligence expert. He does not just detail moving armies; he analyzes the invisible war of information: