Guadalcanal 1942: The Marines Strike Back (Praeger Illustrated Military History)
(Part of the Osprey Campaign (#18) Series and Osprey Campaign (#18) Series)
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Book Overview
Osprey's examination of the first American amphibious assault of World War II (1939-1945). On what was a virtually unheard of Pacific island, the United States shattered the myth of Japanese... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:027598270X
ISBN13:9780275982706
Release Date:January 2004
Publisher:Praeger Pub Text
Length:96 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:9.8" x 0.5" x 7.3"
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Guadalcanal 1942
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
A well written book on Guadalcanal. The author captured the turning point of events in this first Pacific amphibious assault campaign that changed the momentum of the outcome of the war in the allies favor as it related to the future WW II Pacific island campaigns to follow.
A detailed account of the Guadalcanal campaign
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Recommended. It goes into detail about the campaign between the 1st Marine Division and the Japanese Army and you get a very good feel for the campaign and its high points as well as references to how the strategic events of the Pacific Theater effected its outcome. There are plenty of maps in a simplistic and clear style and also plenty of photographs. Easily among the better Osprey books. Note that this is one of Ospreys old titles and it uses a different setup and includes things like wargaming (not very useful even if you as I do play wargames). On the upside these have been some of the best books Osprey has published.
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