A Snowball's Chance
A Novel of the Pacific Air War January-February 1942

Amazing The bravery of men from a number of countries in early Work War Two around Australia, Java and many other islands has gone without a whole lot of stories being told of their bravery and sacrifice. This series is well written and factual. This is book two and now I am on to book three. Read th......more

LEST WE FORGET I was taught that, in time of war, the first 40,000 would be sacrificed to buy time for a country to try and arm itself well enough to survive the first onslaught of an aggressor nation. This book underlines the lesson of being unprepared, in graphic detail. We must also remember that......more

It has been said that war is God’s way of teaching Americans geography. I didn’t know how close the forces of the Japanese Empire were to invading Australia in early World War II. Seemingly invincible, Japanese land, air, and sea forces swept southward. Within months of the sneak attack on Pearl Har......more

Staying alive. As a woman born right at the beginning of WW2 I heard many ref!actions from my Dad and my Uncles at family gatherings about the human side of the terror fighting against an enemy from 2 powerful aggressors. These books express that fear and the courage to get it done through to do the......more

Great Story about a Little Known Part of the War Everyone has heard about Guadicanal and Midway, but not much is discussed about the Philippines and the South Pacific in the early stages of World War II. Allied forces from Australia, The US, and Holland all fought bravely trying to stop or at least s......more