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Campaign for Guadalcanal - A Battle that made History

By: Doubleday & Company

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Reference Books (Doubleday)

Last Stocked on 5/21/2015

Product Info

Title
Campaign for Guadalcanal - A Battle that made History
Category
Author
Jack Coggins
Publish Year
1972
Pages
208
Dimensions
9x11.5x1"
NKG Part #
2147571610
Type
Hardcover

Description

The campaign for Guadalcanal is an in-depth account of the crucial struggle that marked the turning point of World War II in the Pacific. Fought over a six-month period on and around an island few had ever heard of, and certainly one which neither the Japanese nor American high commands would have chosen for a battle ground, it included see-sawing encounters on land, vicious flighting in the air, and a series of the most deadly naval actions of modern times. Before it was over upwards of 26,000 men died there, and the many rusting hulls of sunken ships gave the once peaceful waters off the landing beaches a new name -- Ironbottom Sound.