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Language
English
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Draws on interviews with veterans and primary sources to present a narrative account of the pivotal World War II campaign, chronicling the three-month effort to gain control of Guadalcanal as a battle that taught the U.S. Navy and Marines new approaches to warfare.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
499 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the October 1944 battle off Samar between a vastly outnumbered fleet of American warships and a flotilla of the Japanese Navy, a struggle that changed the course of World War II in the Pacific.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxvii, 602 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Timed to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, here is an unprecedented account of the extraordinary World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and marked the rise of the United States as a global superpower,"--Amazon.com.
The extraordinary story of the World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and marked the rise...
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