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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* Appleman, Roy Edgar, et al. ''Okinawa: the last battle'', (United States Army in World War II: The war in the Pacific) (1948), very thorough U.S. Army official history
* Appleman, Roy Edgar, et al. ''Okinawa: the last battle'', (United States Army in World War II: The war in the Pacific) (1948), very thorough U.S. Army official history
* Bartley, Whitman S. ''Iwo Jima: Amphibious Epic'' (1954) [http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-IwoJima/index.html online edition]
* Bergerud, Eric M. ''Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific'' (2000) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=82355094  online edition]
* Bergerud, Eric M. ''Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific'' (2000) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=82355094  online edition]
*  Blair Jr., Clay,  ''Silent Victory'' 1975, on submarines
*  Blair Jr., Clay,  ''Silent Victory'' 1975, on submarines
* Boggs, Major Charles W., Jr. ''Marine Aviation in the Philippines'' (1951) [http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-AvPhil/ onlne edition]
* Buell, Thomas. ''Master of Seapower: A Biography of Admiral Ernest J. King'' Naval Institute Press, 1976.
* Buell, Thomas. ''Master of Seapower: A Biography of Admiral Ernest J. King'' Naval Institute Press, 1976.
* Buell, Thomas. ''The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond Spruance''. 1974.
* Buell, Thomas. ''The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond Spruance''. 1974.
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* Hastings, Max. ''Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45'' (2008), 656pp  
* Hastings, Max. ''Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45'' (2008), 656pp  
*  Hayashi, Saburo,  and Alvin Coox. ''Kogun: The Japanese Army in the Pacific War''. Quantico, Va.: Marine Corps Assoc., 1959.
*  Hayashi, Saburo,  and Alvin Coox. ''Kogun: The Japanese Army in the Pacific War''. Quantico, Va.: Marine Corps Assoc., 1959.
*  Hsiung, James C.  and Steven I. Levine, eds. ''China's Bitter Victory: The War with Japan, 1937–1945''  M. E. Sharpe, 1992
*  Hsiung, James C.  and Steven I. Levine, eds. ''China's Bitter Victory: The War with Japan, 1937–1945''  (1992)
* Hsi-sheng, Ch'i. ''Nationalist China at War: Military Defeats and Political Collapse, 1937–1945'' University of Michigan Press, 1982  
* Hsi-sheng, Ch'i. ''Nationalist China at War: Military Defeats and Political Collapse, 1937–1945'' (1982)
* Inoguchi, Rikihei, Tadashi Nakajima, and Robert Pineau. ''The Divine Wind''. 1958. on [[Kamikaze]].
* Inoguchi, Rikihei, Tadashi Nakajima, and Robert Pineau. ''The Divine Wind''. 1958. on [[Kamikaze]].
* Kirby, S. Woodburn.  ''The War Against Japan''. 4 vols. London: H.M.S.O., 1957-1965. Highly detailed official Royal Navy history.
* Kirby, S. Woodburn.  ''The War Against Japan''. 4 vols. London: H.M.S.O., 1957-1965. Highly detailed official Royal Navy history.
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* Spector, Ronald. ''Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan'' (1985). [http://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Against-Sun-American-Japan/dp/0394741013 excerpt and text search]
* Spector, Ronald. ''Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan'' (1985). [http://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Against-Sun-American-Japan/dp/0394741013 excerpt and text search]
* Toland, John. '' The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945'' (1970); Pulitzer Prize history from Japanese perspective; [http://www.amazon.com/Rising-Sun-Decline-Japanese-1936-1945/dp/0812968581/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213479772&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Toland, John. '' The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945'' (1970); Pulitzer Prize history from Japanese perspective; [http://www.amazon.com/Rising-Sun-Decline-Japanese-1936-1945/dp/0812968581/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213479772&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Willmott, H. P. ''Empires in Balance''. Naval Institute Press, 1982.
* Willmott, H. P. ''Empires in Balance''. (1982).
*  Weinberg, Gerhard L. ''A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II,'' Cambridge University Press. (2005), the most thorough coverage of grand strategy
*  Weinberg, Gerhard L. ''A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II,'' (2005), the most thorough coverage of grand strategy
* Woodward, C. Vann. ''The Battle for Leyte Gulf'' (1947) [http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-battle-for-leyte-gulf-by-c-vann-woodward.jsp online edition]
* Yahara, Hiromichi. ''The Battle For Okinawa'' (1997), Japanese perspective [http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Okinawa-Hiromichi-Yahara/dp/0471180807/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213434535&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]
* Yahara, Hiromichi. ''The Battle For Okinawa'' (1997), Japanese perspective [http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Okinawa-Hiromichi-Yahara/dp/0471180807/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213434535&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]
* Y'Blood, William. ''Red Sun Setting: The Battle of the Philippine Sea''. , 1980.
* Y'Blood, William. ''Red Sun Setting: The Battle of the Philippine Sea''. , 1980.
* Zimmerman, John L. ''The Guadalcanal Campaign'' (1949) [http://ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Guadalcanal.html online edition]
===Primary sources===
===Primary sources===
* Evans,  David C., ed, ''The Japanese Navy In World War Ii: In the Words of Former Japanese Naval Officers'', Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1993 (ISBN: 0870213164)
* Evans,  David C., ed, ''The Japanese Navy In World War Ii: In the Words of Former Japanese Naval Officers'', Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1993 (ISBN: 0870213164)
* Sledge, E. B. ''With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa.'' Presidio, 1981. Memoir.
* Sledge, E. B. ''With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa.'' Presidio, 1981. Memoir.

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Bibliography

  • Appleman, Roy Edgar, et al. Okinawa: the last battle, (United States Army in World War II: The war in the Pacific) (1948), very thorough U.S. Army official history
  • Bartley, Whitman S. Iwo Jima: Amphibious Epic (1954) online edition
  • Bergerud, Eric M. Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific (2000) online edition
  • Blair Jr., Clay, Silent Victory 1975, on submarines
  • Boggs, Major Charles W., Jr. Marine Aviation in the Philippines (1951) onlne edition
  • Buell, Thomas. Master of Seapower: A Biography of Admiral Ernest J. King Naval Institute Press, 1976.
  • Buell, Thomas. The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond Spruance. 1974.
  • Costello, John. The Pacific War. 1982.
  • Craven, Wesley, and James Cate, eds. The Army Air Forces in World War II. (1958). Official history in 7 vol; Vol. 1, Plans and Early Operations, January 1939 to August 1942 online edition Vol. 4, The Pacific: Guadalcanal to Saipan, August 1942 to July 1944. 1950 online edition; Vol. 5, The Pacific: Matterhorn to Nagasaki. 1953. parts on-line
  • Dull, Paul S. A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941 - 1945), (1978) (ISBN: 0870210971)
  • Dunnigan, James F., and Albert A. Nofi. The Pacific War Encyclopedia. (2 vol 1998) 772p.
  • Gailey, Harry A. The War in the Pacific: From Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay (1995) online edition
  • Hastings, Max. Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 (2008), 656pp
  • Hayashi, Saburo, and Alvin Coox. Kogun: The Japanese Army in the Pacific War. Quantico, Va.: Marine Corps Assoc., 1959.
  • Hsiung, James C. and Steven I. Levine, eds. China's Bitter Victory: The War with Japan, 1937–1945 (1992)
  • Hsi-sheng, Ch'i. Nationalist China at War: Military Defeats and Political Collapse, 1937–1945 (1982)
  • Inoguchi, Rikihei, Tadashi Nakajima, and Robert Pineau. The Divine Wind. 1958. on Kamikaze.
  • Kirby, S. Woodburn. The War Against Japan. 4 vols. London: H.M.S.O., 1957-1965. Highly detailed official Royal Navy history.
  • Leary, William M., ed. We Shall Return: MacArthur's Commanders and the Defeat of Japan. (1988).
  • Long, Gavin. Australia in the War of 1939–45, Army. Vol. 7, The Final Campaigns. Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1963.
  • McCarthy, Dudley. Australia in the War of 1939–45, Army. Vol. 5, South-West Pacific Area—First Year: Kokoda to Wau. Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1959.
  • James, D. Clayton The Years of MacArthur. Vol. 2., 1972.
  • Matloff, Maurice, and Edwin M. Snell Strategic Planning for Coalition Warfare 1941–1942, Center of Military History United States Army Washington, D. C., 1990
  • Morison, Samuel Eliot. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Vol. 3, The Rising Sun in the Pacific. Boston: Little, Brown, 1961; Vol. 4, Coral Sea, Midway and Submarine Actions. 1949; Vol. 5, The Struggle for Guadalcanal. 1949; Vol. 6, Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier. 1950; Vol. 7, Aleutians, Gilberts, and Marshalls. 1951; Vol. 8, New Guinea and the Marianas. 1962; Vol. 12, Leyte. 1958; vol. 13, The Liberation of the Philippines: Luzon, Mindanao, the Visayas. 1959; Vol. 14, Victory in the Pacific. 1961.
  • Nichols, Chas. S. Jr., and Henry I. Shaw, Jr. Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific (1955), excellent official Marine Corps history; online edition
  • Okumiya, Masatake and Mitso Fuchida. Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan. Naval Institute Press, 1955.
  • Potter, E. B. and Chester W. Nimitz. Triumph in the Pacific. 1963. Naval battles
  • Potter, E. B. Bull Halsey 1985.
  • Potter, E. B. Nimitz. 1976.
  • Potter, John D. Yamamoto 1967.
  • Prange, Gordon W. At Dawn We Slept. 1982. , the standard history of the Pearl Harbor attack
  • Prange, Gordon W. Miracle at Midway. (1982).
  • Shaw, Henry et al. History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II. Vol. I: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal; Vol. II: Isolation of Rabaul; Vol. III: Central Pacific Drive; Vol. IV: Western Pacific Operations; and Vol. V: Victory and Occupation (1968) online edition
  • Smith, J. Douglas and Richard Jensen. World War II on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites. (2002)
  • Spector, Ronald. Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan (1985). excerpt and text search
  • Toland, John. The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 (1970); Pulitzer Prize history from Japanese perspective; excerpt and text search
  • Willmott, H. P. Empires in Balance. (1982).
  • Weinberg, Gerhard L. A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II, (2005), the most thorough coverage of grand strategy
  • Woodward, C. Vann. The Battle for Leyte Gulf (1947) online edition
  • Yahara, Hiromichi. The Battle For Okinawa (1997), Japanese perspective excerpt and text search
  • Y'Blood, William. Red Sun Setting: The Battle of the Philippine Sea. , 1980.
  • Zimmerman, John L. The Guadalcanal Campaign (1949) online edition

Primary sources

  • Evans, David C., ed, The Japanese Navy In World War Ii: In the Words of Former Japanese Naval Officers, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1993 (ISBN: 0870213164)
  • Sledge, E. B. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa. Presidio, 1981. Memoir.
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