Tarawa and the Marshalls A Pictorial Tribute

by Hammel, Eric

• ISBN13: 9780760333297
• ISBN10: 0760333297
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-24
• Publisher: Zenith Press

Summary

The US Marines battle for Tarawa Atoll and the Marshall Islands included some of the fiercest, most decisive combat and battles in the Pacific Theatre - critical engagements that this book brings vividly to life, using photographs shot by soldiers at the time. This historic drama unfolds using these hundreds of rare photographs, alongside a history documenting the 2nd Marine Division's amphibious assault on Betio Island in the Tarawa atoll on November 20, 1943, the landing of the 22nd Marines on the Marshalls on February 18, and the four days of intense fighting that bought the atoll under Allied control in under four days. Not for nothing was this known as Bloody Tarawa, and these unique, never-before-seen photographs capture this fiercely desperate combat in uncompromising, stark images.

Author Biography

Eric Hammel is a critically acclaimed military historian and author of more than thirty combat and pictorial histories, including several on U.S. Marine operations in World War II and Vietnam, such as Pacific Warriors: The U.S. Marines in World War II, Iwo Jima: Portrait of a Battle, Guadalcanal: The U.S. Marines in World War II, and Marines in Hue City: A Portrait of Urban Combat, Tet 1968. He lives in Northern California.

Table of Contents

Authorrsquo;s

Note

Acknowledgments

Glossary and Guide to Abbreviations Maps

Tarawa

The Marshall Islands

Bibliography

Index

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