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Название: Osprey Campaign 255 - The naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942: Clash for supremacy in the Pacific Автор: Mark Stille Издательство: Osprey Publishing ISBN: 1780961545 Год: 2013 Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv) Страниц: 96 Для сайта:Миркниг Размер: 35,5 МБ Язык: Английский
The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counteroffensive against the Japanese in the Pacific, it also marks the high point of Japanese expansion and can justly be claimed as one of the major turning points of the Pacific War. While the troops of the US Marine Corps and later the US Army battled the Japanese occupiers on the densely jungled island of Guadalcanal, the US and Japanese naval forces fought a series of tightly contested battles in the waters nearby. The first of these, 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, that were narrowly won by US Naval forces and prevented the Japanese from reinforcing their troops on the island to any great extent, and heralded the turning of the tide in the battle for Guadalcanal.
Guadalcanal: The Carrier Battles Название: Guadalcanal: The Carrier Battles Автор: Eric Hammel Издательство: Crown Publishers Год: 1987 Формат: PDF Страниц: 560 Для сайта:...
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Osprey Campaign 255 - The naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942: Clash for supremacy in the Pacific 
