Guadalcanal (eBook)

The American Campaign against Japan in WWII

Jon Diamond (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
208 Seiten
Stackpole Books (Verlag)
978-0-8117-6495-7 (ISBN)

Infos

On August 7, 1942, U.S. Marines landed on the island of Guadalcanal, northeast of Australia, launching the first major Allied offensive against Japan. In one of the best-known campaigns of World War II's Pacific Theater, the Marines and then the U.S. Army endured a bitter six-month struggle for the island.

Autor

Jon Diamond has written extensively on military history topics. In addition to articles for World War II History and Military Heritage, he is also the author of Guadalcanal (978-0-8117-1626-0), New Guinea (978-0-8117-1556-0), Orde Wingate (978-1-84908-323-2), and Archibald Wavell (978-1-84908-737-7). A graduate of Cornell University, Diamond is a medical doctor in private practice and has taught at Harvard and Penn State. He lives near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Stackpole Military Photo Series
• Zusatzinfo: 388 Illustrations including: - 376 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 8 Halftones, Color including Color Photographs; - 4 Maps.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• ISBN-10: 0-8117-6495-8 / 0811764958
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8117-6495-7 / 9780811764957