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Record Nr.

UNINA9910714177203321

Autore

Crowl Philip A (Philip Axtell), <1914-1991, >

Titolo

Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls / / by Philip A. Crowl and Edmund G. Love

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : Center of Military History, United States Army, , 1993

Edizione

[World War II, 50th anniversary commemorative edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 414 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color)

Collana

United States Army in World War II. The war in the Pacific

CMH pub ; ; 5-6-1

Disciplina

940.54/26

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Kiribati

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Marshall Islands

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"World War II, 50th anniversary commemorative edition"--Cover.

Originally published in 1955.

Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-381) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

A study in amphibious warfare that describes how the imperfections of American amphibious doctrine, first revealed at Tarawa and Makin, were corrected in the highly successful landings on Kwajalein and Roi-Namur.