Nathan N Prefer

Gebundenes Buch

The Battle for Tinian

Vital Stepping Stone in America's War Against Japan

Beschreibung

In July 1944, the 9,000-man Japanese garrison on the island of Tinian listened warily as the thunder of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, Army and Air Corps, descended on their neighboring island, Saipan, just three miles away. There were 20,000 Japanese troops on Saipan, but the US obliterated the opposition after a horrific all-arms campai

Autor

Nathan N. Prefer is retired with graduate degrees in Military History. His life-long study of the Second World War has resulted in three prior military studies including MacArthur's New Guinea Campaign, March-August 1944; Patton's Ghost Corps, Cracking the Siegfried Line and Vinegar Joe's War, Stilwell's Campaigns in Burma. He resides in Fort Myers, Florida.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Casemate
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. April 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781612000947
• ISBN-10: 1612000940
• Artikelnr.: 34659638