Being there . . . since the countdown of Yuletide’s gift-giving Day of the Year has begun inearnest. Relish following World War II readers as they are offered the opportunity to realizethen learn the true, exact, wonderful stories how crescendo after crescendo of bombs sunk theinfamous Japanese Combined Fleet’s plan to master and dominate the entire South Pacific byearly 1942; next, follow and savor the buff’s appreciation learning anew of the British PacificFleet’s critical oil victories in the Dutch East Indies. Knowing the whole Japan nation is close toinundation, kick back with your adoring house cat next to you and feed upon the last majorPacific War Allied Campaigns surrounding the capture of Borneo in 1945. Why these? Theirindividual stories combine into a living, breathing mosaic compendium adding to youraccumulation of rare insights and ultimate knowledge (to date) of the final months of the mostdestructive sea battles the world has yet seen. . .OSPREY PUBLISHING LTD AGAIN DEMONSTRATES WHY SHE LEADS THE PACK OF FOUR BESTWORLD WAR II PUBLISHERS AMERICA HAS TO OFFER ON THE PACIFIC WAR – – THREE DRAMATICFULLY ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS TO ADD TO THE FLEDGLING HOME LIBRARIES EVERY TRUEMILITARY BUFF, ENTHUSIAST, AND AFICIONADO HAS BEGUN BUILDING REGARDLESS OF COSTAND LIMITED SPACE. BUYER OF GIFT BOOKS, NOTE FOR YOURSELF, WHAT OSPREY OFFERS YOU:www.ospreypublishing.com.Read, and thoroughly enjoy, occasionally in sadness, but more often in tears of relief andhappiness, Don DeNevi’s highly recommends as gift for the epitome compendium orabridgments the following three,“JAPANESE COMBINED FLEET 1942 – 43 – – Guadalcanal to the Solomons Campaign”, by MarkStille, Illustrated by Jim Laurier. OSPREY PUBLISHING PLC; 2024, 80 pages, 7 ¼” x 10”. FLEET.8SERIES. Fully illustrated, artwork, 3D diagrams and colorful maps, photos, the first third of thecompendium, an unbelievable, $23.“SUMATRA 1944 – 45 – – The British Pacific Fleet’s Oil Campaign in the Dutch East Indies”, byAngus Konstam, Illustrated by Edouard Groult. OSPREY PUBLISHING PLC; 2024, 96 pages, 7 ¼” x10”, AIR CAMPAIGN SERIES. Packed with dramatic artwork, maps 3D diagrams, archive photos,the second third of the recommended compendium, for as little as $25. Incredible.“BORNEO 1945 – – The Last Major Allied Campaign in the Southwest Pacific”, by Angus Konstam,Illustrated by Edouard A. Groult. OSPREY PUBLISHING PLC; 2024, 96 pages, 7 ¼” x 10”,CAMPAIGN.406 Series, final third of the recommended compendium, for a remarkably low $25.Serious Pacific War readers know that when the last Japanese bomber flew away around11:00am after the two “dastardly” attacks on Pearl Harbor that warm, sunny morning of 7December 1941, the Japanese were doomed to loose World War II. Inevitable defeat was due
to several factors, one of the most critical being the utter stupidity (thank God) of the Japanese
planning strategists not to bomb the obvious huge, brimming, oil tanks across the Bay atop theopen hills. Of course, reality of total victory was four years away at the cost of countless lives,Allied as well as enemy. The great Japanese Combined Fleet naval force was rusting in all areasthe size of France across the Pacific. The world’s greatest sea battles were over, thanks mainlyto our brave seamen and navy-army-Marine pilots assigned well in our ships, planes and onislands. Sure, it required almost 45 months, but revenge while bouncing back was justified and
irrevocably.
