Hell's islands [[electronic resource] ] : the untold story of Guadalcanal / / Stanley Coleman Jersey ; foreword by Edward W. Snedeker

• Autore: Jersey Stanley Coleman <1921->
• Pubblicazione: College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (537 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.54/265933
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Solomon Islands - Guadalcanal; Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943
• Soggetto geografico: Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) History, Military
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Hellâ€?s Islands""; ""1 The Eve of World War II""; ""2 The Enemy at the Doorstep""; ""3 Flying Before the Storm""; ""4 The Japanese in the Southern Solomons, Mayâ€?August 1942""; ""5 Preparing for Battle""; ""6 The Early Air War""; ""7 Day One, Guadalcanal""; ""8 Day One: Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo""; ""9 Day Two: Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo""; ""10 Guadalcanal: Hanging On""; ""11 Bloody September""; ""12 Black October""; ""13 A River Too Far""; ""14 War in the Outer Islands"" ; ""15 The U.S. Army Takes Over""""16 The Ke-go Operation""; ""Epilogue""; ""Appendix 1 Telegram to U.S. Navy Forces, 4 August 1942""; ""Appendix 2 Japanese Naval Forces in the Southern Solomons""; ""Appendix 3 Japanese 2nd Infantry Division""; ""Appendix 4 The Japanese Seventeenth Army Group""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Special Acknowledgments""; ""Index""
• Titolo autorizzato: Hell's islands
• ISBN: 1-299-05284-3; 1-60344-455-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458168603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Texas A & M University military history series ; ; 111.