Author: KENT, GRAEME
Title: Guadalcanal Island Ordeal
Description: New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1971. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0345022688. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping, rubbing and wear. There is some light generalized rubbing and fading to the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by American forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II. It was the first major land offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. On 7 August 1942, Allied forces, predominantly United States Marines, landed on Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida Island in the southern Solomon Islands, with the objective of using Guadalcanal and Tulagi as bases in supporting a campaign to eventually capture or neutralize the major Japanese base at Rabaul on New Britain." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
Keywords: 0345022688 World War II Graeme Kent Pacific Theatre Guadalcanal Ballantine's Illustrated History Of The Violent Century
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Title: Guadalcanal Island Ordeal
Description: New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1971. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. ISBN: 0345022688. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping, rubbing and wear. There is some light generalized rubbing and fading to the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Guadalcanal campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by American forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II. It was the first major land offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. On 7 August 1942, Allied forces, predominantly United States Marines, landed on Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida Island in the southern Solomon Islands, with the objective of using Guadalcanal and Tulagi as bases in supporting a campaign to eventually capture or neutralize the major Japanese base at Rabaul on New Britain." (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
Keywords: 0345022688 World War II Graeme Kent Pacific Theatre Guadalcanal Ballantine's Illustrated History Of The Violent Century
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 49037
- Book number: 49037
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