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Martin Koenigsberg's review of Guadalcanal 1942 (Campaign, 18)
4/5: Looking at the relative economic strengths of the two countries, the Japanese onslaught at the Americans in the Pacific War looks almost ridiculous. But the Japanese had been fighting since 1937,...
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July 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Martin Koenigsberg's review of British Pacific Fleet 1944–45
5/5: The American Navy was originally not too gung ho to have a British Fleet join them at the kill of the Japanese Empire. It was more mouths to feed- and how good were those little carriers the Brit...
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June 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Martin Koenigsberg's review of Imprisoning the Enemy
4/5: When I got this book- I thought it was a full discussion of all the POW camps and facilities run by the Allies in WWII. It is not that- although there is a lot of general Axis POW information alo...
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February 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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December 23, 2024 at 1:30 PM
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December 5, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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I don't often do this... But I am enjoying the hell out of reading this book... There will be a review... #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #20thCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #AmericanHistory #ImperialJapaneseHistory #AustralianHistory #USArmy #USN #USMC #PacificHistory #HistoryBookChat
November 10, 2024 at 1:48 AM
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Martin Koenigsberg’s review of Forgotten Armies : The Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945
I really liked this book, even though it can't quite tell the story as fully as I thought necessary. I think maybe the book I was looking for would have to be a Thousand pages and these guys gave out ...
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August 27, 2024 at 12:34 PM
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August 26, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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August 23, 2024 at 12:32 PM
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July 23, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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Martin Koenigsberg’s review of Early Pacific Raids 1942: The American Carriers Strike Back
In the wake of the apparent success of their dazzling Pearl Harbor attack, the Japanese set about taking all those "Southern" Resources they had gone to war to obtain. Strategically, they did not thin...
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July 16, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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Martin Koenigsberg’s review of Guadalcanal: Island Ordeal
i was delighted when I saw this book at a local thrift store (Charity Shop) a few months ago- I love these books for travel and am running out of titles at home. Published in 1971, this is a fine exam...
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July 12, 2024 at 12:51 PM
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Martin Koenigsberg’s review of Honor: the Legacy of Jose Abad Santos
When the Japanese swept across the Pacific in 1941 and '42, they brought death and destruction to all the Allied possessions they conquered. Taking them was one thing - slicing through Allied formatio...
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July 11, 2024 at 11:58 AM
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Martin Koenigsberg’s review of Storm Clouds over the Pacific, 1931–1941
Peter Harmsen is an "Old China Hand" with Degrees from Asian Universities and a long respected career as an East Asia correspondent, so his First book of a trilogy on the Roots and Prosecution of the ...
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July 10, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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Martin Koenigsberg’s review of Allied Victory Over Japan 1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Achieves
The Japanese did not get long to enjoy their Empire. Try as they might to squeeze every last drop of toil and plunder they could from their ill-gotten gains- they only got to do it for less than 4 yea...
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July 9, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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Martin Koenigsberg’s review of The Luzon Campaign 1945: MacArthur Returns
When I got back from a trip to the Philippines- I knew I wanted to read this book next. The Philippines was my father's campaign- and I visited Luzon, so I was eager to put my knowledge to work. Natha...
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June 18, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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Martin Koenigsberg’s review of Japan’s Indian Ocean Raid 1942: The Allies' Lowest Ebb
Fresh off their stunning masterpiece of an attack on Pearl Harbor, in early 1942 the Japanese sent their combined aircraft carrier fleet to do the same thing to the British Far East fleet at their por...
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April 25, 2024 at 12:32 PM
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