Midnight in the Pacific: Guadalcanal -- The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War Wheelan Joseph
Midnight in the Pacific: Guadalcanal -- The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War Wheelan Joseph A sweeping narrative history -- the first in over twenty years -- of America's first major…
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Midnight in the Pacific: Guadalcanal -- The World War II Battle That Turned the Tide of War Wheelan Joseph
A sweeping narrative history -- the first in over twenty years -- of America's first major offensive of World War II, the brutal, no-quarter-given campaign to take Japanese-occupied GuadalcanalFrom early August until mid-November of 1942, US Marines, sailors, and pilots struggled for dominance against an implacable enemy: Japanese soldiers, inculcated with the bushido tradition of death before dishonor, avatars of bayonet combat -- close-up, personal, and gruesome. Japanese planners knew that if they neutralized the airfield, the battle was won. The glittering prize was Henderson Airfield.
And losses were heavy. So did the Marines who stubbornly defended it.The outcome of the long slugfest remained in doubt under the pressure of repeated Japanese air, land, and sea operations. At sea, in a half-dozen fiery combats, the US Navy fought the Imperial Japanese Navy
War in the Pacific