Across The Blue Pacific
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Across The Blue Pacific
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Author : Louise Borden
language : en
Publisher: Clarion Books
Release Date : 2015-09-15
Across The Blue Pacific written by Louise Borden and has been published by Clarion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-15 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A woman reminisces about her neighbor's son who was the object of a letter writing campaign by some fourth-graders when he went away to war in 1943.
Across The Blue Pacific
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Author : Kenneth Brown
language : en
Publisher:
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Across The Blue Pacific written by Kenneth Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Transportation categories.
Across The Blue Pacific
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Author : Louise Borden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Across The Blue Pacific written by Louise Borden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Grief categories.
A woman reminisces about her neighbor's son who was the object of a letter writing campaign by some fourth-graders when he went away to war in 1943.
Beyond The Blue Pacific
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Author : Alice Geer Kelsey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1944
Beyond The Blue Pacific written by Alice Geer Kelsey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1944 with Missionaries categories.
The Pacific Crossing Guide 3rd Edition
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Author : Kitty van Hagen
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-10-20
The Pacific Crossing Guide 3rd Edition written by Kitty van Hagen and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-20 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The Pacific Crossing Guide is a complete reference for anyone contemplating sailing the Pacific in their own boat. From ideal timing, suitable boats, routes, methods of communication, health and provisioning to seasonal weather, departure and arrival ports, facilities, likely costs and dangers, the comprehensiveness of this new edition will both inspire dreamers and instil confidence in those about to depart. This new edition has been completely restructured with Part 1 covering thorough preparation for a Pacific crossing and Part 2 covering Pacific weather patterns, major routes and landfall ports, with useful website links throughout. There are completely new sections on rallies, coral atolls and atoll navigation, the cyclone season and laying up, use of electronic charts, satellite phones versus HF radio, ongoing maintenance, and Pacific festivals. Completely updated, expanded and refreshed for the new generation of Pacific cruisers, this is the definitive reference, relied upon by many thousands of cruisers.
Island Hopping Across The Pacific Theater In World War Ii
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Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-11-23
Island Hopping Across The Pacific Theater In World War Ii written by Charles River Charles River Editors and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-23 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The waters of the Pacific Ocean - stretching deep blue under the tropical sun, or scourged by typhoons - provided World War II's most far-flung battlefield. Two of the world's premier mid 20th century maritime powers, the United States of American and the Empire of Japan, grappled for supremacy across that vast expanse. By the time the Battle of Midway was over in June 1942, the defeat was so devastating for Japan that it was actually kept secret from all but the highest echelons of the Japanese government. Along with the loss of hundreds of aircraft and over 3,000 men killed, the four Japanese aircraft carriers lost, when compared to America's one lost carrier, was critical considering America's huge shipbuilding superiority. The protagonists at Midway were putting into practice a newly emerging naval doctrine, one which ultimately meted out a terrible punishment to the side that miscalculated. Carrier versus carrier combat had come of age. From that point forward, it would be the Americans who operated aggressively across the Pacific. The Guadalcanal Campaign, which ran from August 1942 to February 1943, was a bitter and protracted struggle that also happened to be a strange and transitional confrontation quite unlike any other in the long Pacific War. In conjunction with the American victory at the Battle of Midway, Guadalcanal represented the crucial moment when the balance of power in the Pacific tipped in favor of the Allies, but the idea that Guadalcanal would be such a significant battle would have come as a surprise to military strategists and planners on both sides. By the spring of 1943, American military planners had begun to create a plan to dislodge Japan from east and southeast Asia. To do so, parts of the Philippines were considered main strategic points in the potential Allied attack in the Pacific. The end goal of the Allied plan was an invasion of the Japanese home islands, in which heavy aerial bombardment would precede a ground assault. In order for this to occur, Allied forces would have to occupy areas surrounding Japan, with China adding to Luzon (the largest island in the Philippines) and Formosa (a large island off the coast of China) to create a triangle from which they could launch their bombers. The Allied advance across the Pacific was based on this 1943 plan, with General MacArthur and his forces moving to the north through New Guinea, then Morotai Island, and then to Mindanao, which was the southernmost major island in the Philippines chain. At the same time, Admiral Chester Nimitz sent his fleet through the central Pacific, where they engaged Japanese forces at the Gilbert, Marshall, Marianas and Palau Islands en route to Mindanao. Meanwhile, when Admiral Nimitz was directed to capture an island in the Bonin group, Iwo Jima stood out for its importance in making progress against the mainland, with three airfields that would allow American air forces to attack the Japanese mainland. Near the end of 1944, as Allied forces were pushing across the Pacific and edging ever closer to Japan, plans were drawn up to invade the Ryuku islands, the most prominent of them being Okinawa. Military planners anticipated that an amphibious campaign would last a week, but instead of facing 60,000 Japanese defenders as estimated, there were closer to 120,000 on the island at the beginning of the campaign in April 1945. The Battle of Okinawa was the largest amphibious operation in the Pacific theater, and it would last nearly 3 months and wind up being the fiercest in the Pacific theater during the war, with nearly 60,000 American casualties and over 100,000 Japanese soldiers killed. In addition, the battle resulted in an estimated 40,000-150,000 Japanese civilian casualties.
The China Alternative
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Author : Graeme Smith
language : en
Publisher: ANU Press
Release Date : 2021-03-01
The China Alternative written by Graeme Smith and has been published by ANU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-01 with Political Science categories.
In this collection, 17 leading scholars based in Solomon Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and China analyse key dimensions of the changing relationship between China and the Pacific Islands and explore the strategic, economic and diplomatic implications for regional actors. The China Alternative includes chapters on growing great power competition in the region, as well as the response to China’s rise by the US and its Western allies and the island countries themselves. Other chapters examine key dimensions of China’s Pacific engagement, including Beijing’s programs of aid and diplomacy, as well as the massive investments of the Belt and Road Initiative. The impact of China’s rivalry for recognition with Taiwan is examined, and several chapters analyse Chinese communities in the Pacific, and their relationships with local societies. The China Alternative provides ample material for informed judgements about the ability of island leaders to maintain their agency in the changing regional order, as well as other issues of significance to the peoples of the region. ‘China’s “discovery” of the diverse Pacific islands, intriguingly resonant of the era of European explorers, is impacting on this too-long-overlooked region through multiple currents that this important book guides us through.’ —Rowan Callick, Griffith University ‘The China Alternative is a must-read for all students and practitioners interested in understanding the new geopolitics of the Pacific. It assembles a stellar cast of Pacific scholars to deeply explore the impact of the changing role of China on the Pacific islands region. Significantly, it also puts the Pacific island states at the centre of this analysis by questioning the collective agency they might have in this rapidly evolving strategic context.’ —Greg Fry, The Australian National University
The Latitudes Of Silence
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Author : Christian Tirtirau
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2009-08-31
The Latitudes Of Silence written by Christian Tirtirau and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-31 with Art categories.
This memoir recounts the author's cathartic eight-month, 10,000-mile voyage across the Pacific Ocean in a thirty-two foot boat.
Sustainable Development Across Pacific Islands
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Author : Edoardo Monaco
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Sustainable Development Across Pacific Islands written by Edoardo Monaco and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Across The Pacific
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1901*
Across The Pacific written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1901* with Pacific Ocean categories.