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Autore: | Jersey Stanley Coleman <1921-> |
Titolo: | Hell's islands : the untold story of Guadalcanal / / Stanley Coleman Jersey ; foreword by Edward W. Snedeker |
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 |
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""; ""Hell�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, May�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.: | 9910812813703321 |
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