South Pacific cauldron : World War II's great forgotten battlegrounds / Alan Rems.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rems, Alan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 284 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, [2014].

Contents:

The hottest potato

I want you to take Buna, or not come back alive

There was indeed only one Yamamoto

The most unintelligently waged land campaign

A custody receipt for Munda ... keep 'em dying

Lae and Salamaua must be defended to the death

Prevent your troops engaging my troops

The weakness of trying to fight battles from a distance

It's Torokina. Now get on your horses!

Halsey knows the straight story

Make sure they think the invasion has commenced

Guadalcanal minus most of the errors

The final outcome ... was never in doubt

The most desperate emergency

The closest thing to a living hell

A shop in the Japs' front yard

More nerve-racking than ... Tobruk or El Alamein

Nature proved to be a worse enemy than the Japanese

Keep Rabaul burning!

The worst-kept secret of the war in the South Pacific

But for the stern resistance ... of the XIV corps

They wanted to fight

The South Pacific campaign was finished

Kicking around a corpse

The Japanese could die where they were or die advancing

Doubtful that he checked with the ordinary foot soldier

No enemy can withstand you

Japan man e cry enough

Once it was over it was over

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Rems, Alan, author. South Pacific cauldron

ISBN:

9781612514710

1612514715

9781612514703

1612514707

OCLC:

859385321