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Operation Squarepeg
- The Allied Invasion of the Green Islands, February 1944
Engelsk
Bogcover for Operation Squarepeg af Reg Newell, 9780786478385
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
221
ISBN-13:
9780786478385
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0786478381
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
30 nov 2017
Størrelse i cm:
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,1
Oplagsdato:
30 nov 2017
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Operation Squarepeg

- The Allied Invasion of the Green Islands, February 1944
Engelsk
Paperback 2017
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In late January 1944 a force of New Zealand soldiers and Allied specialists undertook a daring behind the lines reconnaissance of the Japanese-held Green Islands of Papua New Guinea. The New Zealand Army''s largest amphibious operation of World War II followed two weeks later. The Japanese contested the invasion with air power and inflicted heavy damage on the American cruiser USS St. Louis. After landing, the New Zealanders pushed inland and encountered fanatical Japanese defenders entrenched in thick jungle.

Allied engineers--including the famed Seabees--then built airfields, roads and shipping facilities. The seizure of the Green Islands completed the encirclement of the main Japanese base in the South Pacific at Rabaul. A memorable but overlooked action of the Pacific War, "Operation Squarepeg" involved a diverse force of Allied sailors, soldiers and airmen that included Charles Lindbergh and future U.S. president Richard Nixon.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
221
ISBN-13:
9780786478385
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0786478381
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
30 nov 2017
Størrelse i cm:
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,1
Oplagsdato:
30 nov 2017
Forfatter(e):
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