A Snowballs Chance, Tom Burkhalter
A Snowballs Chance, Tom Burkhalter
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A Snowball's Chance
A Novel of the Pacific Air War January-February 1942

Author: Tom Burkhalter

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 11 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/30/2021


Synopsis

As the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy rolls south to the oil-rich Netherlands East Indies, a handful of Allied airmen and sailors stand in their way. Two brothers, Jack and Charlie Davis, pilots in the US Army Air Forces, are among that handful who face overwhelming odds to buy time for America to gear up to fight the war in the Pacific.

About Tom Burkhalter

Tom Burkhalter was born in Georgia. His parents could never decide if the first word he ever spoke was "airplane" or "star." They did agree he pointed at a moving light in the sky! He lives in Hickory, North Carolina, where he volunteers at the Hickory Aviation Museum and pursues his writing career and his omnivorous tastes in reading.


Reviews

Goodreads review by CATHY BARBER on January 17, 2020

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

Goodreads review by clarry rule on July 09, 2020

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

Goodreads review by F.E. on April 24, 2023

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

Goodreads review by Wynona on May 28, 2021

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

Goodreads review by Keith on March 17, 2021

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