Tarawa - Derrick Wright
A Hell of a Way to Die: Tarawa Atoll, 20-23 November, 1943
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Tarawa Atoll in the Central Pacific was the November, 1943 testing ground for America's ability to take heavily defended Japanese-held islands. The trial lasted three and a half days and would cost more than 3,000 USMC casualties at the hands of a Japanese garrison of some 4,700 men -- of whom just 17 would allow themselves to be taken alive. This compelling account of one of the most savage battles of World War II draws upon the vivid memories of Marine veterans of those 76 terrible hours of close-quarter ...
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Paperback, some illustrations (mostly photographs) in b/w, 8vo. [Auteur: Wright, Derrick] [Pagina's: 152] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Wiltshire : Crowood Press] [Jaar: 2002] [Titel: Tarawa, 20-23 November 1943: A Hell of a Way to Die]