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Guam 1941 & 1944 - Loss and Reconquest

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - World War II - Pacific Asian Theater

Last Stocked on 8/13/2023

Product Info

Title
Guam 1941 & 1944 - Loss and Reconquest
Publisher
Category
Author
Gordon Rottman
Publish Year
2004
Pages
96
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147866711
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM139
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM139

Description

The island of Guam was the first Allied territory lost to the Japanese onslaught in 1941. On 10 December 5,000 Japanese troops landed on Guam, defended by less than 500 US and Guamanian troops, the outcome was beyond doubt. On 21 July 1944 America returned. In a risky operation, the two US landing forces came ashore seven miles apart and it was a week before the beachheads linked up. Only the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa would cost the Americans more men than the landings on Guam and Saipan, which immediately preceded the Guam operation. In this book Gordon Rottman details the bitter 26-day struggle for this key Pacific island.