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Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942-February 1943 written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
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ISBN 13 :
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Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)
Download or read book History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: The struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942-February 1943 written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Struggle for Guadalcanal written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Miller, Jr.
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781515027737
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)
Download or read book Guadalcanal written by John Miller, Jr. and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In publishing the history of combat operations the Department of the Army has three objectives. The first is to provide the Army itself with an accurate and timely account of its varied activities in directing, organizing, and employing its forces for the conduct of war-an account which will be available to the service schools and to individual members of the Armed Services who wish to extend their professional reading. The second objective is to offer the thoughtful citizen material for a better understanding of the basic problems of war and the manner in which these problems were met, thus augmenting his understanding of national security. The third objective is to accord a well-earned recognition to the devoted work and grim sacrifices of those who served. "The successes of the South Pacific Force," wrote Admiral Halsey in 1944, "were not the achievements of separate services or individuals but the result of whole-hearted subordination of self-interest by all in order that one successful 'fighting team' could be created."* The history of any South Pacific campaign must deal with this "fighting team," with all United States and Allied services. The victory on Guadalcanal can be understood only by an appreciation of the contribution of each service. No one service won the battle. The most decisive engagement of the campaign was the air and naval Battle of Guadalcanal in mid-November 1942, an engagement in which neither Army nor Marine Corps ground troops took any direct part. This volume attempts to show the contribution of all services to the first victory on the long road to Tokyo.
Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 9780316583053
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)
Download or read book Struggle for Guadalcanal: August 1942 - February 1943 - written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 1949-01-30 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the United States Naval Operations in World War II.
Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780961561
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)
Download or read book The naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942 written by Mark Stille and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counteroffensive against the Japanese in the Pacific. The battle of Savo Island on the night of 9 August 1942, saw the Japanese inflict a sever defeat on the Allied force, driving them away from Guadalcanal and leaving the just-landed marines in a perilously exposed position. This was the start of a series of night battles that culminated in the First and Second battles of Guadalcanal, fought on the nights of 13 and 15 November. One further major naval action followed, the battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942, when the US Navy once again suffered a severe defeat, but this time it was too late to alter the course of the battle as the Japanese evacuated Guadalcanal in early February 1943.This title will detail the contrasting fortunes experienced by both sides over the intense course of naval battles around the island throughout the second half of 1942 that did so much to turn the tide in the Pacific.
Author : Richard Tregaskis
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Guadalcanal Diary written by Richard Tregaskis and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472835506
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)
Download or read book Guadalcanal 1942–43 written by Mark Stille and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The campaign for Guadalcanal, which stretched from August 1942 until February 1943, centered on Henderson Field. The airfield was captured by the US on 8 August and placed into operation by 20 August. As long as the airfield was kept operational and stocked with sufficient striking power, the Japanese could not run convoys with heavy equipment and large amounts of supplies to the island. Instead, they were forced to rely on night runs by destroyers which could not carry enough men or supplies to shift the balance decisively against the American garrison on the island. The American air contingent on the island, named the 'Cactus Air Force', comprised Marine, Navy and Army Air Force units. It had the challenging mission of defending the airfield against constant Japanese attacks, and more importantly, of striking major Japanese attempts to reinforce the island. The mission of neutralizing Henderson Field fell primarily to the Imperial Navy's Air Force flying out of airfields in the Rabaul area. The units charged with this mission were among the most accomplished in the entire Imperial Navy with a high proportion of very experienced pilots and a superb air superiority fighter (the famous 'Zero'). However, the distance from Rabaul to Guadalcanal handicapped Japanese operations and their primary bomber was terribly vulnerable to interception. This book traces the air campaign from both sides and explores the factors behind the American victory and the Japanese defeat. The text is supported by full-colour illustrations and contemporary photography.
Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252069963
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)
Download or read book History of United States Naval Operations in World War II: The struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942-February 1943 written by Samuel Eliot Morison and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the six months covered by Volume 5: The Struggle for Guadalcanal, August 1942-February 1943, the U.S. Navy fought six major engagements in waters surrounding Guadalcanal, more bitter and bloody than any naval battle in American history since 1814. From the Solomon Islands campaigns to the courageous action of Edson's Raiders at the Battle of the Bloody Ridge, from the great three-day Naval Battle of Guadalcanal to the Battle of Tassafaronga, Morison describes the events of these excruciating months in thrilling, heartbreaking detail from the shipdecks, cockpits, and exposed ridge-tops where the fate of thousands of soldiers and sailors was decided.
Author : Samuel B. Griffith
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252068911
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Battle for Guadalcanal written by Samuel B. Griffith and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masterful pacing, vivid character sketches, and gripping action blend with rigorous historical detail in Samuel B. Griffith's The Battle for Guadalcanal. Launched on August 7, 1942, to protect Allied control of the strategic South Pacific islands, the Guadalcanal operation was the most costly American offensive of World War II in the history of the U.S. Navy up to that time. Griffith, who fought with Edson's Raiders on Guadalcanal, describes in gritty detail the vicious close-range fighting, the valiant defense of the Henderson Field airstrip, and the dramatic naval engagements that led, in February 1943, to an American victory. Drawing on American and Japanese sources, Griffith delineates the strategic decisions that shaped the conflict as well as the determination and endurance of combatants on both sides. A breathtaking narrative of military action anchored by a historian's objectivity, The Battle for Guadalcanal is a story of raw courage, desperate measures, and ultimate triumph.
