War on Our Doorstep: The Unknown Campaign on North America's West Coast - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9781894384469

About this item

by Brendan Coyle (Author)

In June 1942, Japanese troops occupied the Aleutian islands of Attu and Kiska in Alaska, the first enemy occupation of US territory since the War of 1812. For the next year a bloody conflict raged that was nearly invisible to most North Americans as Canadian and American soldiers, airmen and sailors went north to hold the Japanese in check. This is the complete story of the war in the North Pacific, including details of: Japanese subs lurking off the west coast, sinking ships and shelling the coast of British Columbia; the submarine-launched airplane that bombed Oregon's forests; the surreal tale of balloon-bombs crossing the Pacific to North America.

Number of Pages: 240

Dimensions: 0.73 x 8.68 x 5.58 IN

Illustrated: Yes

Publication Date: May 01, 2002

$23.27

In Stock.