On what was a virtually unheard of Pacific island, the United States shattered the myth of Japanese invincibility. In the first American amphibious assault of the Second World War, 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.
Название: Osprey Campaign 18 - Guadalcanal 1942 The Marines Strike Back
Author: Joseph Mueller
Издательство: Osprey
Год издания: September 1992
Страниц: 96 pages
ISBN: 9781855322530
Язык: english
Формат: PDF-RAR
Размер: 18.2 mb
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