Story Line
D-Days in the Pacific explains that “D-day” is a military term for the start of any offensive, not just the Normandy invasion. In the Pacific during World War II, there were over 100 such operations, with the largest being the invasion of Okinawa in 1945.
The book recounts the full Pacific War, from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It highlights the vast scale of the conflict, fought mainly across oceans through brutal amphibious assaults on islands like Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Based on firsthand accounts, the book provides a comprehensive and powerful narrative of one of the most intense campaigns in history.
Critics praise it as a highly readable, definitive, and lasting account of the Pacific War.
