Nimitz’’s Bypass: Pacific War Volume 2

In May 1942, submarines begin inflicting heavy damage on Japanese shipping. The marines and Army invade the Gilbert, Marshall and Solomon Islands. In November 1943, American forces, with heavy casualties, take Tarawa. Admiral Nimitz, over many objections, decides to bypass many strongly-held Japanese islands and blockade them to deprive the Japanese of supplies and food. Roosevelt publicly demands "unconditional surrender," and the Japanese dig in their heels to fight to the death. American forces attack the Solomon and Marshall Islands, creeping ever closer to Japan. MacArthur attacks New Guinea. In June 1944, American forces invade the Mariana Islands of Saipan and Tinian, and later, Pelelui. With these islands in American hands, its bombers can reach the Japanese mainland. Saipan and Pelelui are captured with many American casualties. Fighting becomes a vicious no-holds-barred affair. A famous American, now a pilot, is rescued by submarine, after his plane crashes into the sea.

Carl L. Steinhouse had been a federal prosecutor for the United States Department of Justice and later went into private practice specializing in class actions, white-collar crime, and civil and criminal antitrust trials. He wrote or edited several text books for the American Bar Association on conducting antitrust trials and grand juries. During the Korean War, he served in as an intelligence analyst in the Army counterintelligence Corps. He is a graduate of NYU and Brooklyn Law School. He has authored two legal thrillers, Harassment and Extreme Malice; one Holocaust novel; The Outfielder; Irreverent memoirs, Now What?; and six books in his Holocaust Heroes series to rave reviews by scholars. See WWW.carlsteinhouse .com. Communicate with Mr. Steinhouse at stein0216@comcast.net.