Derrick Wright (born 1928) is a British author specializing in military history and particularly battles in the Pacific against the Japanese in
World War II. He grew up in
Teesside, an area in the
North East of England, which was repeatedly bombed by German forces during the war.
After completing his
National Service in the
British Army during the late 1940s, he went on to become an
ultrasonics engineer.
After his retirement, he was able to fully indulge his fascination in World War II.
[Back cover of ''To the Far Side of Hell'', paperback, 2005] One of his books, ''The Battle for Iwo Jima'', has been translated into Spanish.
Works
* ''The Battle for
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima (, also ), known in Japan as , is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands and lies south of the Bonin Islands. Together with other islands, they form the Ogasawara Archipelago. The highest point of Iwo Jima is Mount Suribachi at high.
...
– 1945'', Derrick Wright, Sutton Publishing, 2003
* ''
Tarawa 1943: A Hell of a Way to Die''
* ''Tarawa: The Turning of the Tide''
* ''Iwo Jima: The marines raise the flag on Mt Suribachi''
* ''To the Far Side of Hell – the battle for
Peleliu, 1944''
References
External links
Review of ''To the Far Side of Hell'' by Neal Ferguson, University of Nevada
1928 births
British writers
Living people
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