THE PACIFIC WAR
War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War
1986
NON-FICTIONPulitzer Prize–winning analysis of the racial dimensions of the Pacific War, examining how both American and Japanese propaganda dehumanized the enemy and intensified the conflict's brutality.
The Turning Points in the Pacific
2014
NON-FICTION*Includes pictures *Includes soldiers' accounts of the fighting *Includes bibliographies for further reading Although not as well-remembered as D-Day or even the attack at Pearl Harbor that preceded i...
The Battle In The Pacific
2021
NON-FICTIONThe Midway Battle was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place on 4-7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of th...
Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal
2011
NON-FICTIONDefinitive account of the brutal naval campaign for Guadalcanal, covering six major sea battles fought in Iron Bottom Sound.
Enemy at the Gates
1973
NON-FICTIONThe definitive account of the Battle of Stalingrad, told through the eyes of soldiers on both sides.
The Longest Day
1959
NON-FICTIONClassic account of the Normandy invasion from all perspectives — Allied, German, and French civilian.
Miracle at Midway
1982
NON-FICTIONDetailed reconstruction of the battle that turned the tide in the Pacific.
Kursk 1943
2013
NON-FICTIONAuthoritative account of the greatest tank battle in history.
An Army at Dawn
2002
NON-FICTIONPulitzer Prize-winning first volume of Atkinson's Liberation Trilogy covering the North Africa campaign.
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
1981
MEMOIROne of the most powerful firsthand accounts of combat ever written. A U.S. Marine's unsparing memoir of the Pacific island-hopping campaign.
Band of Brothers
1992
NON-FICTIONThe story of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, from D-Day to the end of the war in Europe. Basis for the HBO miniseries.
The Road to Stalingrad
1975
NON-FICTIONFirst volume of Erickson's monumental two-volume history of the Soviet-German war, covering the catastrophic opening campaigns through the winter of 1942.
Guadalcanal Diary
1943
MEMOIRWar correspondent's firsthand diary of the Marines' desperate first weeks on Guadalcanal — one of the earliest eyewitness accounts of WWII Pacific combat.
Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War
1980
MEMOIRManchester revisits the Pacific battlefields of his youth, weaving personal memoir with historical narrative across Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, and Okinawa.
Citizen Soldiers
1997
NON-FICTIONThe story of the American infantryman in the ETO from the breakout after D-Day to the fall of Germany, based on hundreds of veteran interviews.
On War
1832
NON-FICTIONThe foundational text of Western military theory. Clausewitz's analysis of war's nature, strategy, and the relationship between war and politics.
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
2005
NON-FICTIONRevisionist operational account of Midway from the Japanese perspective, drawing on previously unavailable Japanese records to overturn the conventional American narrative.
Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
2004
NON-FICTIONThe story of the Battle off Samar — when a tiny force of destroyers and destroyer escorts charged the most powerful Japanese surface fleet of the war to defend the Leyte Gulf invasion.
Peleliu 1944: The Forgotten Corner of Hell
2005
NON-FICTIONHarrowing account of the First Marine Division's assault on Peleliu — one of the bloodiest and most controversial battles of the Pacific War, fought over an island of questionable strategic value.
Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945
2010
NON-FICTIONComprehensive account of the strategic bombing campaign against Japan, covering B-29 operations, fighter escort tactics, and the firebombing raids that preceded the atomic bombs.
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Fire in the Sky: The Great Pacific War 1941-1945
1999
Designed by Tetsuya Nakamura
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Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere: War in Asia and the Pacific
2017
Designed by Yasushi Nakaguro
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Guadalcanal: Semper Fi Series
2003
Designed by Michael Bennighof, Brian L. Knipple
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Guadalcanal: The Battle for Henderson Field Aug-42 to Jan-43 – Deluxe Edition
2021
Designed by Mike Nagel
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Lock 'n Load Tactical: Heroes of the Pacific
2015
Designed by David Heath, Jeff Lewis
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Matanikau: Battles on the Matanikau River, Guadalcanal, 1942
1993
Designed by Dean Essig, Sam Simmons
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Old School Tactical: Hell Bent – Pacific, 1941-1945
2020
Designed by Shayne Logan, Mark H. Walker
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Old School Tactical: Volume 3 – Pacific 1942/45
2020
Designed by Shayne Logan, Mark H. Walker
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Pacific War: The Struggle Against Japan, 1941-1945 (Second Edition)
2022
Designed by Mark Herman
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Tokyo Express: The Guadalcanal Naval Campaign – 1942
1988
Designed by Jon Southard
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Guadalcanal
2011
Operational game covering the entire Guadalcanal campaign — land, sea, and air.
Iwo Jima: Bloodbath in the Bonins
2020
Solitaire game of the US Marine assault on Iwo Jima.
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