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US Marine Corps - Pacific Theater of Operations 1941-43

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Type: Softcover

Product Line: Battle Orders - World War II - Allies

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Product Info

Title
US Marine Corps - Pacific Theater of Operations 1941-43
Publisher
Category
Author
Gordon Rottman
Publish Year
2004
Pages
96
Dimensions
7x10x.3"
NKG Part #
2147348140
MFG. Part #
OSPBTO001
Type
Softcover
Series
BTO1

Description

The outbreak of World War II set in motion a massive expansion of the United States Marine Corps, leading to a 24-fold increase in size by August 1945. This book is the first of several volumes to examine the Corps's meteoric wartime expansion and the evolution of its units. It covers the immediate pre-war period, the rush to deploy defense forces in the war's early months, and the Marines' first combat operations on Guadalcanal, New Georgia, and Bougainville. It focuses on the 1st, 2d, and 3d Marine Divisions (MarDivs) and the provisional 1st, 2d, and 3d Marine Brigades (MarBdes).