But above all there were the enemy and the enemy’s fighting code of Bushido, which places death with honour above life. To access your ebook(s) after purchasing, you can download the free Glose app or read instantly on your browser by logging into Glose. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

David chose this unit of men because, with inevitably massive personnel changes, it was in action from the beginning to the end of the Pacific war: from Guadacanal, on the outer limit of Japanese expansion and a relatively short hop from the north coast of Australia, in August 1942, to Okinawa in the summer of 1945 via New Britain, off New Guinea, and Peleliu, east of the Philippines. Ordinary men from very different backgrounds, and drawn from cities, towns, and settlements across America, the Devil Dogs were asked to do something extraordinary: take on the victorious Imperial Japanese Army, composed of some of the most effective soldiers in world history - and defeat it. A Times History Book of the Year 2022 A Daily Telegraph History Book of the Year From Sunday Times bestselling historian Saul David, the dramatic tale of the first American troops to take the fight to the enemy in the Second World War, and also the last. From Sunday Times bestselling historian Saul David, the dramatic tale of the first American troops to take the fight to the enemy in the Second World War, and also the last.A well wrutten and sholarly work, but the seemingly endless biographical details of the participants become somewhat tiresome, and one bottle seems very much like another. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. We are experiencing delays with deliveries to many countries, but in most cases local services have now resumed. A harrowing account of the USMC King Company as they fight the Imperial Japanese Army from Guadalcanal to Okinawa 1942 - 1945.

David decided to tell the story of the Pacific this way – about one unit fighting all the way through – following the example of Stephen Ambrose’s celebrated Band of Brothers, which looked at the progress of a unit from the D-Day beaches through to victory against Germany. Fascinating account of how the Pacific war progressed through the involvement of one group of Americans. David has a claim to be our finest living military historian, with a string of highly acclaimed books about a range of conflicts behind him. For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin.In Devil Dogs , award-winning historian Saul David sets the searing experience of K Company into the broader context of the brutal war in the Pacific and does for the U.