| Description |
1 online resource (369 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction; 1. Path of the Rising Sun: Japan's Plan for Conquest in East Asia; 2. Gateway to China: American Fortress in the Philippines; 3. Marching to War: Preparations in Australia and Singapore; 4. A Matter of Hours: The Final Week of Peace; 5. The Battle for Kota Bharu: December 8, 1941- Malaya; 6. DIsaster on Luzon: December 8, 1941- Philippines; 7. The Morning After: December 9, 1941; 8. Lightning Strikes Twice: December 10, 1941; 9. Reckoning: December 11-14, 1941; 10. Exodus: December 15-21, 1941; 11. Collapse: December 22-24, 1941; 12. To Fight Another Day. |
| Note |
AcknowledgmentsNotes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
While America was preoccupied with the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, an even greater tragedy was unfolding across Southeast Asia. From Wake Island to Burma, the Empire of Japan opened the largest front in the history of warfare: an aircraft-driven invasion of colonial possessions throughout the Far East that crumbled the entire Western imperial legacy of the nineteenth-century. Events during the first two weeks of battle set the stage for the greatest military defeats America and Great Britain would suffer during any conflict. This book offers the first comprehensive overview of the colla. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. |
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Military campaigns |
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Pacific Area |
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World War (1939-1945) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vBbhpRH9XvjbDFXtxhb |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Burton, John. Fortnight of Infamy : The Collapse of Allied Airpower West of Pearl Harbor. New York : Naval Institute Press, ©2013 9781591140962 |
| ISBN |
9781612515243 (electronic bk.) |
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161251524X (electronic bk.) |
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