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

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

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

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

External links

• Pacific War Series Blog (Bill Forstchen)