Target Rabaul : the allied siege of Japan's most infamous stronghold, March 1943-August 1945 /
As the final book in Bruce Gamble's esteemed trilogy on the War in the Pacific, Target: Rabaul picks up where Fortress Rabaul, the second installment, leaves off and sets the stage for the major Allied aerial engagements of 1943 which would result in the defeat of Japan. March 1943, Washington,...
| Основен автор: | Gamble, Bruce. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Minneapolis, MN :
Zenith Press,
2013.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=671653 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Target Rabaul |
| Резюме: |
As the final book in Bruce Gamble's esteemed trilogy on the War in the Pacific, Target: Rabaul picks up where Fortress Rabaul, the second installment, leaves off and sets the stage for the major Allied aerial engagements of 1943 which would result in the defeat of Japan. March 1943, Washington, D.C.: Major General George Kenney, commander of the 5th Air Force, begins to formulate plans for Operation Cartwheel a mission to neutralize Rabaul, Japan's most notorious stronghold, with the use of unescorted daylight bombing raids against the base and the heavily-defended satellite installations nearby. But the undertaking would prove to be anything but straightforward, and the story of Rabaul's destruction remains one of the most gripping of World War II's Pacific Theater. In Target: Rabaul, award-winning military historian Bruce Gamble expertly narrates the Allied air raids against the stronghold: the premature celebrations by... |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 390 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-378) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781610589574 1610589572 1306183235 9781306183239 |