Pearl Harbor and Onwards to 1945
Pearl Harbor
Set back in The Philippines
Victory in North Africa
The tide turns in The Pacific after Battle of Midway
Island hopping towards Japan
Italian Campaign
D Day
Fall of Germany
Fall of Japan following the dropping of the Bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
This lecture will provide a very broad view of America's war against two foes, Germany and Japan. It will also look at two questions, viz, Do the conspiracy theories around Pearl Harbor have any worth? and How do we deal with the moral issues around Hiroshima & Nagasaki?
A Further Book List
The Ambassador (Joe Kennedy) Carl Rollyson
All Hell Let Loose (1939-45) Max Hastings
The Pacific Hugh Ambrose
Douglas MacArthur Arthur Herman
Nemesis (Japan 1944/45) Max Hastings
Hiroshima Nagasaki Paul Ham
The Day of Battle (Italy) Rick Atkinson
D-Day Antony Beevor
Normandy '44 James Holland
Ardennes 1944 Antony Beevor
Hitler's Last Day. Minute be Minute Mayo & Craigie
Hitler's Last Day Richard Dargie
There are, of course, thousands more books I could have cited, but I think, using the bibliographies in those, will get you to most you may seek.
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