Guadalcanal 1942

The Marines Strike Back

von Joseph Mueller

96 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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 invincibility, as the US Marines and Army halted the apparently irresistible Japanese advance in its tracks. Over 30,000 American and Japanese casualties were suffered in five months of bitter fighting. From the ranks of the units that contested this campaign a seasoned fighting force of US veterans was created that would, island by island, sweep the Japanese back across the Pacific.

• Reihe: Campaign
• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Militärgeschichte Besondere Kriege und militärische Feldzüge Zweiter Weltkrieg
• ISBN: 9781855322530
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.09.1992
• Größe: 248 x 185 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC