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Hell's islands : the untold story of Guadalcanal /

Presents battlefield accounts and first-person narratives from over 200 Allied and Japanese veterans of the battle on Guadalcanal Island between August 1942 and February 1943.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jersey, Stanley Coleman, 1921-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2008.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Texas A & M University military history series ; 111.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The eve of World War II
  • The enemy at the doorstep
  • Flying before the storm
  • The Japanese in the Southern Solomons, May-August 1942
  • Preparing for battle
  • The early air war
  • Day one, Guadalcanal
  • Day one : Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo
  • Day two : Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo
  • Guadalcanal : hanging on
  • Bloody September
  • Black October
  • A river too far
  • War in the outer islands
  • The U.S. Army takes over
  • The Ke-go Operation.