The Guadalcanal Campaign

Author : Richard B. Frank
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 9780140165616
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guadalcanal written by Richard B. Frank and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Brilliant...an enormous work based on the most meticulous research.”—LA Times Book Review The battle at Guadalcanal—which began eight months to the day after Pearl Harbor—marked the first American offensive of World War II. It was a brutal six-month campaign that cost the lives of some 7,000 Americans and over 30,000 Japanese. This volume, ten years in the writing, recounts the full story of the critical campaign for Guadalcanal and is based on first-time translations of official Japanese Defense Agency accounts and recently declassified U.S. radio intelligence, Guadalcanal recreates the battle—on land, at sea, and in the air—as never before: it examines the feelings of both American and Japanese soldiers, the strategies and conflicts of their commanders, and the strengths and weaknesses of various fighting units.

Author : John Miller, Jr.
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781515027737
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guadalcanal written by John Miller, Jr. and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In publishing the history of combat operations the Department of the Army has three objectives. The first is to provide the Army itself with an accurate and timely account of its varied activities in directing, organizing, and employing its forces for the conduct of war-an account which will be available to the service schools and to individual members of the Armed Services who wish to extend their professional reading. The second objective is to offer the thoughtful citizen material for a better understanding of the basic problems of war and the manner in which these problems were met, thus augmenting his understanding of national security. The third objective is to accord a well-earned recognition to the devoted work and grim sacrifices of those who served. "The successes of the South Pacific Force," wrote Admiral Halsey in 1944, "were not the achievements of separate services or individuals but the result of whole-hearted subordination of self-interest by all in order that one successful 'fighting team' could be created."* The history of any South Pacific campaign must deal with this "fighting team," with all United States and Allied services. The victory on Guadalcanal can be understood only by an appreciation of the contribution of each service. No one service won the battle. The most decisive engagement of the campaign was the air and naval Battle of Guadalcanal in mid-November 1942, an engagement in which neither Army nor Marine Corps ground troops took any direct part. This volume attempts to show the contribution of all services to the first victory on the long road to Tokyo.

Author : William Bruce Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113400382X
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pacific Campaign in World War II written by William Bruce Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-05-02 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a fascinating new account of how diplomacy and politics gave way to military strategy and warfare in the Pacific. Presenting previously unpublished documents this book freshly examines the key events in the fight for the Pacific.

Author : Trent Hone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781682477311
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle of Guadalcanal written by Trent Hone and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building upon the expertise of the authors and historians of the Naval Institute Press, the Naval History Special Editions are designed to offer studies of the key vessels, battles, and events of armed conflict. Using an image-heavy, magazine-style format, these Special Editions should appeal to scholars, enthusiasts, and general readers alike. The Guadalcanal Campaign began in August 1942 with Operation Watchtower. This first Allied offensive in the Pacific, undertaken before U.S. forces were fully prepared, thwarted an impending Japanese operation and initiated a six-month struggle to control the island and its surroundings. Desperate fighting occurred in the jungles of Guadalcanal, in the skies above it, and on--as well as below--the seas around it. Possession of the island's airfield allowed the U.S. garrison to dominate the skies during the day. At night, the Imperial Japanese Navy bombarded the airfield and brought supplies and reinforcements to the island. The U.S. Navy's attempts to stop these nocturnal incursions triggered a series of battles that were some of the most furious, confused, and chaotic in naval history. As melees erupted in bewildering darkness, concerted action proved impossible. Formations disintegrated, and ships fought individually. So many were sunk that sailors nicknamed the narrow waters off Guadalcanal "Iron Bottom Sound." Within those waters, the men of the U.S. Navy fought tenaciously. In nights filled with flares, flames, the reek of gunpowder, and blinding explosions, their "heroic actions without number" blunted Japanese reinforcement efforts. Victories at the Battle of Cape Esperance in October and the First and Second Naval Battles of Guadalcanal in November were especially crucial. Unable to keep pace with the increasing number of U.S. supplies and reinforcements, the Japanese abandoned the island. This volume recounts those battles, the heroic actions that led to victory, and the Allied triumph at Guadalcanal.

Author : Henry I. Shaw, Jr.
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788135252
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Offensive written by Henry I. Shaw, Jr. and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1996-11 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Stille
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780961561
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942 written by Mark Stille and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counteroffensive against the Japanese in the Pacific. The battle of Savo Island on the night of 9 August 1942, saw the Japanese inflict a sever defeat on the Allied force, driving them away from Guadalcanal and leaving the just-landed marines in a perilously exposed position. This was the start of a series of night battles that culminated in the First and Second battles of Guadalcanal, fought on the nights of 13 and 15 November. One further major naval action followed, the battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942, when the US Navy once again suffered a severe defeat, but this time it was too late to alter the course of the battle as the Japanese evacuated Guadalcanal in early February 1943.This title will detail the contrasting fortunes experienced by both sides over the intense course of naval battles around the island throughout the second half of 1942 that did so much to turn the tide in the Pacific.

Author : Charles R. Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guadalcanal written by Charles R. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joseph Wheelan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780306902321
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Midnight in the Pacific written by Joseph Wheelan and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping narrative history-the first in over twenty years-of America's first major offensive of World War II, the brutal, no-quarter-given campaign to take Japanese-occupied Guadalcanal From early August until mid-November of 1942, US Marines, sailors, and pilots struggled for dominance against an implacable enemy: Japanese soldiers, inculcated with the bushido tradition of death before dishonor, avatars of bayonet combat-close-up, personal, and gruesome. The glittering prize was Henderson Airfield. Japanese planners knew that if they neutralized the airfield, the battle was won. So did the Marines who stubbornly defended it. The outcome of the long slugfest remained in doubt under the pressure of repeated Japanese air, land, and sea operations. And losses were heavy. At sea, in a half-dozen fiery combats, the US Navy fought the Imperial Japanese Navy to a draw, but at a cost of more than 4,500 sailors. More American sailors died in these battles off Guadalcanal than in all previous US wars, and each side lost 24 warships. On land, more than 1,500 soldiers and Marines died, and the air war claimed more than 500 US planes. Japan's losses on the island were equally devastating-starving Japanese soldiers called it "the island of death." But when the attritional struggle ended, American Marines, sailors, and airmen had halted the Japanese juggernaut that for five years had whirled through Asia and the Pacific. Guadalcanal was America's first major ground victory against Japan and, most importantly, the Pacific War's turning point. Published on the 75th anniversary of the battle and utilizing vivid accounts written by the combatants at Guadalcanal, along with Marine Corps and Army archives and oral histories, Midnight in the Pacific is both a sweeping narrative and a compelling drama of individual Marines, soldiers, and sailors caught in the crosshairs of history.

Author : United States. Marine Corps
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Guadalcanal Campaign written by United States. Marine Corps and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Marine Corps
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Guadalcanal Campaign written by United States. Marine Corps and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: