{"product_id":"2026100009194-secondhand-air-war-against-japan-1943-1945","title":"Air War Against Japan 1943-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the sweltering skies over the Pacific and Southeast Asia, Australian airmen waged a relentless and brutal campaign against Imperial Japan — Air War Against Japan 1943-1945 chronicles this gripping chapter of the Second World War with meticulous historical authority. George Odgers presents a comprehensive operational history of the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) role in the Pacific Theatre, detailing the harrowing air battles, strategic bombing raids, and the courageous men who flew through enemy fire from the jungles of New Guinea to the final assault on the Japanese home islands.\n\nPart of the official Australian war history series published by the Australian War Memorial, this volume stands as a landmark work of military historiography, distinguished by its rigorous use of primary sources, operational records, and firsthand accounts. Odgers brings a journalist's sharp eye and a historian's discipline to his narrative, illustrating both the grand strategic sweep of the Allied air campaign and the intensely personal experiences of the aircrew who fought it. For anyone seeking to understand Australia's defining contribution to Allied victory in the Pacific, this authoritative account raises an urgent question: how much of that hard-won triumph has been forgotten?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49269345681627,"sku":"2026100009194-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/47306fe3-27ca-4c5c-a485-f346a24787e5.png?v=1788998945","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009194-secondhand-air-war-against-japan-1943-1945","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}