Island Fighting (World War II)

216 Pages·1978·29.498 MB·English

by  Rafael Steinberg

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CHAPTERS
1: Operation Shoestring 18
2: Treadmill in Papua 46
3: Up the Solomons Ladder 72
4: Lessons in Atoll Warfare 104
5: MacArthur's Road Back 132
6: Blood, Sand and Coral 166
PICTURE ESSAYS
Calm before the Storm 6
The Allies' Eyes and Ears 36
A
Painful Path toVictory 58
Kenney's Flying Devils 92
TheTarawa Killing Ground 120
The Navy's Floating Bases 152
The Agony of Peleliu 184
The"CanDo"Seabees 192
Acknowledgments -04
Bibliograph\ 204
PictureCredits
Index 205
CONTENTS
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