Operation Pacific: The Royal Navy's War Against Japan, 1941-1945

by Edwyn Gray

Offers a full account of the British Royal Navy's contribution to the defeat of Japan in World War II

267 pages, Hardcover

First published September 27, 1990

About the author

Edwyn Gray is a British author who specialises in naval writing. Educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, Gray read economics at the University of London and then joined the British civil service. His writing career began in 1953 when he started writing for magazines. His first book was published in 1969, and he became a full-time writer in 1980.

Reviews

[Mike Kershaw · Rating 3 out of 5]

This provides a comprehensive of Royal Navy efforts in the Pacific, both British and Commonwealth units being covered. It lacks the great detail of the "British Pacific Fleet" book however.