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James P. Duffy

James P. Duffy is the author of over a dozen books, most on military history. His World War II titles include The Sinking of the Laconia and the U-Boat War, Target America, and Hitler's Secret Pirate Fleet. He has also written on the American Civil War and the rulers of Imperial Russia.

Mr. Duffy's most recent book is War at the End of the World: Douglas MacArthur and the Forgotten Fight For New Guinea, 1942-1945.

He resides with his family in New Jersey.

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The “Divine Wind” began in October 1944 as the Japanese defended against MacArthur’s assault on the Philippines. The Americans who witnessed these first attacks were horrified and shaken, but it was only the beginning.
Too often overlooked today, the New Guinea campaign was the longest of the Pacific War, with 340,000 Americans fighting more than half a million Japanese.