New Georgia, Bougainville, and Cape Gloucester: The US Marines in World War II: a Pictorial Tribute
Author(s): Eric Hammell
DoP May 2008 USA Price approx After the 1st Marine Division defeated the Japanese on Guadalcanal late in 1942, there was still fighting to be done in and around the Solomons - including New Georgia, Bougainville, and Cape Gloucester - before reaching the Japanese fortress at Rabul. Between late 1942 and early 1944, the Marines took part in four major campaigns in the Solomons and onto New Britain, isolating Rabul and securing MacArthur's New Guinea campaign from attacks from Fortress Rabul. Eric Hammel has scoured the National Archives to unearth every extant combat photo of these campaigns that paved the way to victory in the Pacific.
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Midwest Book Review, July 2008 "Iwo Jima, Pearl Harbor -- everyone knows of those battles, but there was much more to World War II in the Pacific. "New Georgia, Bougainville, and Cape Gloucester" is a pictorial history of these forgotten battles and the men who fought and died, only to be lost in the sands of time. Filled cover to cover with countless black and white photos and accompanying explanations, "New Georgia, Bougainville, and Cape Gloucester" is a top pick for community library photography and history collections."
General Fields
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- : Motorbooks International
- : Motorbooks International
- : 30 May 2008
- : 254mm X 228mm X 22mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Eric Hammell
- : Hardback
- : 940.542658
- : 160
- : American history: Second World War; Military history; Battles & campaigns; World history: Second World War; Naval forces & warfare
- : 300 black and white
