New Georgia: The Second Battle for the Solomons
Ronnie Day
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Description for New Georgia: The Second Battle for the Solomons
Hardback. Series: Twentieth-Century Battles. Num Pages: 363 pages, 27 b&w illus., 28 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; 3JJH; HBJM; HBWQ; JWF; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 645.
In 1942, the Solomon Islands formed the stepping stones toward Rabaul, the main base of Japanese operations in the South Pacific, and the Allies primary objective. The stunning defeat of Japanese forces at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November marked the turning point in the war against Japan and the start of an offensive in the Central Solomons aimed at New Georgia. New Georgia: The Second Battle for the Solomons tells the story of the land, sea, and air battles fought there from March through October 1943. Making careful and copious use of both Japanese and Allied sources, Ronnie ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
363
Condition
New
Series
Twentieth-Century Battles
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253018779
SKU
V9780253018779
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Ronnie Day
Ronnie Day (1939–2014) was Professor in the Department of History at East Tennessee State University. He is editor of South Pacific Diary, 1942–1943.
Reviews for New Georgia: The Second Battle for the Solomons
"A detailed, up-to-date, integrated air-land-sea history of the middle Solomons campaign from both the American and Japanese perspectives." -Vincent P. O'Hara, author of In Passage Perilous