The Pacific: Hell Was an Ocean Away Free Audiobook Download by Hugh Ambrose

Hugh Ambrose's book, The Pacific: Hell Was an Ocean Away, tells the story of Capt. James Cook and his crew's voyage to Tahiti, Hawaii, and beyond as they explored what is now known as the Pacific Ocean in 1778. This book includes a full narration by Mike Chamberlain that makes this a perfect audiobook.

At the end of World War II, Japan surrendered to Allied forces. The Pacific Ocean was occupied by American forces as part of General Douglas MacArthur's vision for a "New Order of the Pacific." This brought about an era where Asian nations had not only been decimated by war but also dominated culturally and economically. It wasn't until the Cold War hit and the United States found that they needed to take a stance against China and Russia that they began to see Asia as having value.

Throughout the Pacific, people faced similar struggles. People were trying to attain food and necessary items on land while they were fighting disease, natural disasters, living in a war zone, and the devastation of their homeland.

When John Delaney, an eighteen-year-old from Ireland, was captured by the Japanese on Guadalcanal, he was told that no one had ever made it back. His wife and son were left behind in a camp in Ireland. He survived for years as a prisoner of war. After the war ended, he lost his family again when they were killed in a car accident. As he struggles to come to grips with his loss, John seeks solace from alcohol at the local bar. One night while drinking, he discovers Guadalcanal's forgotten landing beaches on a television screen and something snaps inside him. Soon after returning home, John finds himself joining the Marines to find his loved ones and take revenge for their deaths.

To say that the Pacific Ocean was a dangerous place is an understatement. It's also very hard to imagine, but as Hugh Ambrose writes in "The Pacific: Hell Was an Ocean Away," it was just one of the many risks that Americans endured during World War II. This book takes readers on a journey through some of the most important battles of that war including Guadalcanal and Midway. These battles all served to keep the Japanese from being able to invade America and eventually take over the world.

The Pacific: Hell Was an Ocean Away is a war novel published back in 1942 that follows the U.S. Navy during it's fight against Japan during WWII. It focuses on the heroic moments of these sailors and how they fought to win their country's honor and freedom.