Reseña del libro "ANIMALS OF THE PACIFIC WAR (en Inglés)"
ANIMALS OF THE PACIFIC WARDogs, Horses, Mules, Pigeons, Mascots and the Forgotten Animal Heroes of World War IIThe Pacific War is remembered for aircraft carriers, jungle battles, submarines, island invasions, and some of the most advanced weapons of the Second World War.But beside the machines were animals.Dogs walked ahead of Marine patrols searching for hidden Japanese soldiers. Mules carried ammunition and radios through the mountains and jungles of Burma. Horses pulled Japanese artillery across Asia. Carrier pigeons delivered messages when radios failed. Cats lived aboard warships. Mascots provided companionship to exhausted soldiers and sailors. Even in prisoner-of-war camps, animals could become sources of comfort, hope-and sometimes survival.Animals of the Pacific War tells the largely forgotten story of the animals that served across the Pacific and China-Burma-India theaters of World War II.Discover how civilian dogs were transformed into military scouts and sentries, why the Marine Corps relied on war-dog platoons at Bougainville, Guam, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, and how dogs such as Kurt helped warn Marines of hidden enemy positions.Follow the mule trains that supported Merrill's Marauders and the Chindits deep inside Burma, where aircraft could deliver supplies from the sky but animals were still needed to carry them through the final miles of jungle and mountain trails.Explore the enormous dependence of the Imperial Japanese Army on horses and pack animals-and how the starvation and collapse of those animals became a visible sign of Japan's deteriorating supply system.The book also examines the extraordinary role of carrier pigeons, shipboard cats, military mascots, veterinary personnel, and famous wartime animals including Judy, Sergeant Gander, Smoky, and the decorated pigeons whose missions saved lives.Inside you will discover: How America created and trained its World War II war-dog programThe Marine Corps dog platoons of the PacificScout dogs at Bougainville, Guam, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and OkinawaThe forgotten mule war in BurmaMerrill's Marauders and their pack animalsThe Chindits behind Japanese linesHorses of the Imperial Japanese ArmyJapanese jungle transport and the collapse of animal logisticsCarrier pigeons and emergency battlefield communicationsCats and mascots aboard ships and in military campsAnimals inside Japanese prisoner-of-war campsThe veterinary services that kept military animals aliveFamous animal veterans and the memorials that preserve their storiesThis is not simply a collection of heroic animal stories.It is a military history of how living creatures became part of the enormous logistical and tactical systems that fought the Pacific War.Some carried.Some guarded.Some warned.Some flew.Some comforted.Many never came home.Animals of the Pacific War restores these forgotten participants to the history of World War II and tells the story of the animals that did not choose the war-but shared its burden.
