Victory fever on Guadalcanal : Japan's first land defeat of World War II / / William H. Bartsch ; foreword by Richard B. Frank

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463281603321
• Autore: Bartsch William H. <1933->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: College Station : , : Texas A&M University Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-62349-220-3
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (362 p.)
• Collana: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; ; number 147
• Disciplina: 940.54/265933
• Soggetti: Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: "You shitheads are here to learn to fight!" -- "Vandegrift, I have some very disconcerting news" -- "I'm beginning to doubt whether there's a Jap on the whole damned island" -- "May I retake Tulagi too?" -- "The bastards are in the trees!" -- "Was this going to be the real test?" -- "F--k Babe Ruth!" -- "Crying, praying, and cursing all at the same time" -- "Goddamn, they got me in the eyes!" -- "We aren't going to let those people lay up there all day" -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Officers, 1st Marine Regiment, Combat Group B (Reinforced), Tenaru River Subsector -- Appendix B. Officers, 1st Marine Regiment, Combat Group B (Reinforced), South Subsector -- Appendix C. US Marine casualties, Battle of the Tenaru, August 21, 1942 -- Appendix D. Officers and staff, First Echelon, Ichiki Detachment.
• Sommario/riassunto: <DIV>Following their rampage through Southeast Asia and the Pacific in the five months after Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces moved into the Solomon Islands and began building the Guadalcanal airfield. In July 1942, Americans captured the almost completed airfield for their own strategic use.<BR />The Japanese Army countered by sending to Guadalcanal a reinforced battalion under the command of Col. Kiyonao Ichiki. Marines wiped out Ichiki's men, who-imbued with "victory fever"-had expected a quick and easy victory.</DIV>