Pacific War series

The Pacific War is a series of alternate history novels written by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen with Albert S. Hanser. The series deals with the Pacific War between the United States of America and the Empire of Japan. The point of divergence is the decision of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet, to take personal command of the 1st Air Fleet for the attack on Pearl Harbor, rather than delegate it to Adm. Chūichi Nagumo.

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8th
Author(s)	Newt Gingrich William R. Forstchen
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Alternate history novel
Publisher	Thomas Dunne Books
Publication date	May 15, 2007
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	384
ISBN	0312363508
OCLC Number	85830772
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 22
LC Classification	PS3557.I4945 P43 2007
Followed by	Days Of Infamy

The first novel, Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8, covers the background up through the attack on the United States Navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ("December 8th" is the date in Japan, on the west side of the International Date Line; the local time was December 7.) Yamamoto decides to launch a third strike, suffering twenty-seven losses of aircraft and twenty-one were damaged, but doing significant additional damage.

Days Of Infamy

Days Of Infamy
Author(s)	Newt Gingrich William R. Forstchen
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Alternate history novel
Publisher	Thomas Dunne Books
Publication date	April 29, 2008
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	384
ISBN	ISBN 978-0312363512
Preceded by	Pearl Harbor

Adm. Yamamoto tries to find and sink the U.S. aircraft carriers, which weren't in Pearl Harbor. He uses his battleships to bombard Oahu. U.S. Adm. William F. Halsey tries to find the Japanese fleet. The battle isn't as one-sided as the day before — both sides suffer significant losses — but the Americans have less to lose.

Historical figures

• Franklin D. Roosevelt — U.S. president
• Milo F. Draemel — U.S. admiral
• William Halsey — U.S. admiral commanding Enterprise task force
• John H. Newton — U.S. admiral commanding Lexington task force

• Isoroku Yamamoto — Japanese admiral
• Mitsuo Fuchida — Japanese naval aviator
• Minoru Genda — Japanese naval aviator

See also

Novels portal

• Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War
• Days of Infamy series by Harry Turtledove

External links

• Pacific War Series Blog (Bill Forstchen)

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