Tarawa 1943 : The turning of the tide
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Campaign
ISBN-10
1841761028
ISBN-13
9781841761022
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Osprey Publishing
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 25th, 2000
Print length
96 Pages
Weight
348 grams
Dimensions
24.60 x 18.50 x 0.80 cms
Ksh 3,050.00
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An detailed examination of this bloody Pacific battle, featuring maps, artwork and archive photography.
Osprey''s study of the conflict between Japan and the United States during World War II (1939-1945). The island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll was defended by the elite troops of the Special Naval Landing Force, whose commander, Admiral Shibasaki, boasted that "the Americans could not take Tarawa with a million men in a hundred years". In a pioneering amphibious invasion, the Marines of the 2nd Division set out to prove him wrong, overcoming serious planning errors to fight a 76-hour battle of unprecedented savagery. The cost would be more than 3000 Marine casualties at the hands of a garrison of some 3700. The lessons learned would dispel forever any illusions that Americans had about the fighting quality of the Japanese.
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