Pacific Crucible

By Ian W. Toll

Book #1 in the Pacific War Trilogy series

Witness the U.S. Navy's rise from Pearl Harbor's ashes to a pivotal victory at Midway.

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656 pages· 213,496 words

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In December 1941, the U.S. Pacific Fleet lay in ruins after a surprise attack at Pearl Harbor. Six months later, the tide turned at Midway, where four Japanese carriers were sunk, shifting the war's momentum. "Pacific Crucible" unfolds this gripping saga through vivid accounts of bravery and sacrifice, capturing the U.S. Navy's dramatic comeback from its darkest hour. How did they transform defeat into a strategic triumph? Discover the untold stories of heroism that changed the course of history.

From the publisher

On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss, a blow that destroyed the offensive power of their fleet. Pacific Crucible–through a dramatic narrative relying predominantly on primary sources and eyewitness accounts of heroism and sacrifice from both navies–tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history to seize the strategic initiative.

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