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Tarawa: The Incredible Story of One of World War II's Bloodiest Battles (utgåvan 2013)

av Robert Sherrod (Författare)

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In the summer of 1943, at the height of World War II, battles were exploding all throughout the Pacific theater. In mid-November of that year, the United States waged a bloody campaign on Betio Island in the Tarawa Atoll, the most heavily fortified Japanese territory in the entire Pacific. They were fighting to wrest control of the island to stage the next big push toward Japan--and one journalist was there to chronicle the horror. Dive into war correspondent Robert Sherrod's battlefield account as he goes ashore with the assault troops of the U.S. Marines 2nd Marine Division in Tarawa. Follow the story of the U.S. Army 27th Infantry Division as nearly 35,000 troops take on less than 5,000 Japanese defenders in one of the most savage engagements of the war. By the end of the battle, only seventeen Japanese soldiers were still alive. This story, a must for any history buff, tells the ins and outs of life alongside the U.S. Marines in this lesser-known battle of World War II. The battle itself carried on for three days, but Sherrod, a dedicated journalist, remained in Tarawa until the very end, and through his writing, shares every detail.… (mer)
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Titel:Tarawa: The Incredible Story of One of World War II's Bloodiest Battles
Författare:Robert Sherrod (Författare)
Info:Skyhorse (2013), Edition: 1, 192 pages
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Aas I read this book in 1963, I assume it was an earlier edition of the work. To launch an assault on mainland Japan, it would be an amphibious attack. Tarawa was an island in the Gilbert Islands, about 4000 miles from Japan. it was necessary to start the advance to Japan somewhere. There was a plan Orange which broadly outlined such an offensive,but it would have to be tested. By november of 1943, after securing the defence of Australia by securing the Solomons, the next step was to gain a fleet base in the Gilberts. The navy assembled what it thought to be an adequate task force and went to the islands. Robert Sherrod was a war correspondent of sufficient hardihood to land with the marines. He survived, and this is the account of his experience. He also uses this book to show the effect of casualties upon the famiies of the deceased. which elevates the work. ( )
  DinadansFriend | Nov 23, 2023 |
One of the classic books of WWII written by Robert Sherrod, a war correspondent with Time Magazine who went ashore with the fifth wave of marines to face one of the deadliest island battles of the Pacific War. Written with the observant eye of a journalist, the book gives an unvarnished picture of the horror of war. ( )
  seoulful | Dec 1, 2007 |
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In the summer of 1943, at the height of World War II, battles were exploding all throughout the Pacific theater. In mid-November of that year, the United States waged a bloody campaign on Betio Island in the Tarawa Atoll, the most heavily fortified Japanese territory in the entire Pacific. They were fighting to wrest control of the island to stage the next big push toward Japan--and one journalist was there to chronicle the horror. Dive into war correspondent Robert Sherrod's battlefield account as he goes ashore with the assault troops of the U.S. Marines 2nd Marine Division in Tarawa. Follow the story of the U.S. Army 27th Infantry Division as nearly 35,000 troops take on less than 5,000 Japanese defenders in one of the most savage engagements of the war. By the end of the battle, only seventeen Japanese soldiers were still alive. This story, a must for any history buff, tells the ins and outs of life alongside the U.S. Marines in this lesser-known battle of World War II. The battle itself carried on for three days, but Sherrod, a dedicated journalist, remained in Tarawa until the very end, and through his writing, shares every detail.

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