Into the Shadows Furious: The Brutal Battle for New GeorgiaAltobello (history teacher and army veteran) recounts the United States Army's 43d Division's campaign to capture the island of New Georgia and neutralize the Japanese airbase at Munda. He details the strengths and weaknesses of both sides, their strategies and counter- strategies, and their mistakes. He also traces the progress of the conflict as it unfolded, and outlines its significance to the war effort as a whole. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR |
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Crítica de los usuarios - Whiskey3pa - LibraryThingThe best organised and written account of this battle that I have read to date. One of the awful places that men had to go and fight. Inexperienced US troops received an ugly baptism. Leer comentario completo
Contenido
Blood Against Fire | 11 |
First Communion | 61 |
Rising Shadows | 105 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 8 secciones no mostradas
Términos y frases comunes
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Into the Shadows Furious: The Brutal Battle for New Georgia |
| Autor | Brian Altobello |
| Edición | ilustrada |
| Editor | Presidio Press, 2000 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de California |
| Digitalizado | 7 Nov. 2008 |
| ISBN | 0891417176, 9780891417170 |
| Largo | 408 páginas |
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