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Tarawa 1943 : The Turning of the Tide by Derrick Wright (2000, Trade Paperback)

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In a pioneering amphibious invasion, the Marines of the 2nd Division set out to prove him wrong, overcoming serious planning errors to fight a 76-hour battle of unprecedented savagery.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-101841761028

ISBN-139781841761022

eBay Product ID (ePID)1804584

Product Key Features

Book TitleTarawa 1943 : the Turning of the Tide

Number of Pages96 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / Naval, Modern / 20th Century

Publication Year2000

IllustratorYes, Gerrard, Howard

GenreHistory

AuthorDerrick Wright

Book SeriesCampaign Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight9.9 Oz

Item Length9.9 in

Item Width7.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Series Volume Number77

Dewey Decimal940.54/26681

Table Of ContentOrigins of the campaign Chronology Opposing commanders Opposing armies Orders of battle Opposing plans The campaign Aftermath The battlefield today Appendices Further reading Index

SynopsisOsprey's study of the conflict between Japan and the United States during World War II (1939-1945). The island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll was defended by the elite troops of the Special Naval Landing Force, whose commander, Admiral Shibasaki, boasted that "the Americans could not take Tarawa with a million men in a hundred years". In a pioneering amphibious invasion, the Marines of the 2nd Division set out to prove him wrong, overcoming serious planning errors to fight a 76-hour battle of unprecedented savagery. The cost would be more than 3000 Marine casualties at the hands of a garrison of some 3700. The lessons learned would dispel forever any illusions that Americans had about the fighting quality of the Japanese., An detailed examination of this bloody Pacific battle, featuring maps, artwork and archive photography.