Bruce Gamble

Fortress Rabaul

The Battle for the Southwest Pacific, January 1942-April 1943

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For most of World War II, the mention of Japan's island stronghold sent shudders through thousands of Allied airmen. Some called it Fortress Rabaul, an apt name for the headquarters of the Imperial Japanese forces in the Southwest Pacific. Author Bruce Gamble chronicles Rabaul's crucial role in Japanese operations in the Southwest Pacific. Millions of square feet of housing and storage facilities supported a hundred thousand soldiers and naval personnel. Simpson Harbor and the airfields were the focus of hundreds of missions by American air forces. Winner of the Gold Medal (Military Writers Society of America) and Editor's Choice Award (Stone… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-61060-071-2
EAN: 9781610600712
Produktnummer: 35540990
Verlag: Zenith Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 416 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 4'275 KB
Abbildungen: 32 b-w photos, 5 maps

Über den Autor

Bruce Gamble is a retired naval flight officer and a former historian with the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation. He is the author of several critically acclaimed books about the Pacific War: Swashbucklers and Black Sheep (2012), an illustrated combat history of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 in the Pacific; Black Sheep One, the definitive biography of Greg Pappy Boyington; Invasion Rabaul, the first book of the Rabaul trilogy; and Fortress Rabaul, the second book of the Rabaul trilogy. Bruce lives near Panama City, Florida. For more, visit www.brucegamble.com