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12 produkter
Devil's Anvil
The Assault on Peleliu
Inbunden, 1994
880 kr
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On September 15, 1944, General William Rupertus and the 16,000 Marines of the U.S. 1st Marine Division moved confidently toward Peleliu, an obscure speck of coral island 500 miles east of the Philippines. Though he knew a tough fight awaited him, Rupertus anticipated a quick two-day crush to …
Killing Ground on Okinawa
The Battle for Sugar Loaf Hill
Inbunden, 1996
880 kr
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On May 12, 1945, the 6th Marine Division was nearing Naha, capital of Okinawa. To the division's front lay a low, loaf-shaped hill. It looked no different from other hills seized with relative ease over the past few days. But this hill, soon to be dubbed, Sugar Loaf, was very different indeed. Part …
Devil's Anvil
The Assault on Peleliu
Häftad, 1994
414 kr
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On September 15, 1944, General William Rupertus and the 16,000 Marines of the U.S. 1st Marine Division moved confidently toward Peleliu, an obscure speck of coral island 500 miles east of the Philippines. Though he knew a tough fight awaited him, Rupertus anticipated a quick two-day crush to …
Devil's Anvil
The Assault on Peleliu
E-bok, 1994
423 kr
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On September 15, 1944, General William Rupertus and the 16,000 Marines of the U.S. 1st Marine Division moved confidently toward Peleliu, an obscure speck of coral island 500 miles east of the Philippines. Though he knew a tough fight awaited him, Rupertus anticipated a quick two-day crush to …
Saipan
The Battle That Doomed Japan in World War II
E-bok, 2019
386 kr
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The story of the Battle of Saipan has it all. Marines at war: on Pacific beaches, in hellish volcanic landscapes in places like Purple Heart Ridge, Death Valley, and Hell’s Pocket, under a commander known as “Howlin’ Mad.” Naval combat: carriers battling carriers from afar, fighters downing …
Fly Boy Heroes
The Stories of the Medal of Honor Recipients of the Air War against Japan
Inbunden, 2022
322 kr
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On the morning of December 7, 1941, Aviation Chief Ordnanceman John W. Finn, though wounded, continued to man his machine gun against the waves of Japanese attacks around Pearl Harbor. Just over three years later, as World War II struggled into its final months, a B-29 radioman named Red Erwin died …
Fly Boy Heroes
The Stories of the Medal of Honor Recipients of the Air War against Japan
E-bok, 2022
329 kr
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On the morning of December 7, 1941, Chief Aviation Ordnanceman John W. Finn, though suffering multiple wounds, continued to man his machine gun against waves of Japanese aircraft attacking the Kaneohe Bay Naval Station during the infamous Pearl Harbor raid. Just over three years later, as World War …
Guam
The Battle for an American Island in World War II
Inbunden, 2025
487 kr
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In this sequel to his epic Saipan, James Hallas tells the dramatic story of the battle for Guam in World War II, the next stage of the United States’ pivotal campaign for the Mariana Islands—and the beginning of the end for the Japanese Empire.In December 1941, Japan captured Guam, the largest …
Guam
The Battle for an American Island in World War II
E-bok, 2025
453 kr
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From the award-winning author of Saipan comes the definitive account of one of World War II's most brutal yet overlooked battles—the American reconquest of Guam, where 20 days of combat would claim over 18,000 mostly Japanese lives and mark another important turning point in the Pacific War. …
Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima
The Story of the Medal of Honor Winners in the Marine Corps' Bloodiest Battle of World War II
Inbunden, 2016
377 kr
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When the smoke cleared on Iwo Jima in March 1945, 19,000 American Marines had been wounded and 7,000 were dead, a casualty rate of nearly 39 percent. Lasting over a month, Iwo was the Marines' bloodiest battle of the war and the only Pacific battle in which a U.S. landing force suffered more …
Doughboy War
The American Expeditionary Force in World War I
Av James H. Hallas, James H. Hallas m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
261 kr
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After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, more than two million American troops journeyed “over there”--to Europe, where the Germans, French, and British had been slugging it out on the Western Front since 1914. In this vivid account of the American fighting man in the Great War, …
Killing Ground on Okinawa
The Battle for Sugar Loaf Hill
Häftad, 2007
257 kr
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• Compelling account of the last major battle of WWII•Dramatically evokes the scale and ferocity of the fighting The Battle of Okinawa, fought on the Japanese island of Okinawa, was the largest amphibious assault during the Pacific campaigns of World War II, and the last major ground battle of the …
