The Japanese commander had boasted that "the Americans could not take Tarawa with a million men in a hundred years." In a daring amphibious invasion, the U.S. Marines set out to prove him wrong, triggering a three-day battle of unprecedented savagery.
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The Japanese commander had boasted that "the Americans could not take Tarawa with a million men in a hundred years." In a daring amphibious invasion, the U.S. Marines set out to prove him wrong, triggering a three-day battle of unprecedented savagery.
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New. 2000. Paperback. This title examines the 76-hour battle to take Tarawa by the Americans in 1943. It recounts how a garrison of 3700 Japanese soldiers withstood the onslaught of some 3000 US marines in a pioneering amphibious invasion. Illustrator(s): Gerrard, Howard. Editor(s): Chandler, David. Series: Osprey Military Campaign S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 75 b&w and 13 colour illustrations, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 185 x 8. Weight in Grams: 320......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
