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Guam 1941 & 1944 : loss and reconquest / Gordon L. Rottman ; illustrated by Howard Gerrard.
- Title
- Guam 1941 & 1944 : loss and reconquest / Gordon L. Rottman ; illustrated by Howard Gerrard.
- Author
- Rottman, Gordon L.
- Publication
- Oxford : Osprey, c2004.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Gerrard, Howard
- Description
- 96 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- This volume covers the Japanese seizure of the island of Guam in December 1941 and its American recapture by amphibious assault in July-August 1944. In December 1941 over 5,000 Japanese troops landed on the island and the defending forces surrendered afte.
- Series Statement
- Campaign ; 139
- Uniform Title
- Campaign (Osprey Publishing) 139.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 94) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction (Origins of the campaign ; Mariana [Marianas] Islands) -- Chronology -- The fall of Guam, December 1941 -- The recapture and occupation of Guam, 1944.
- Opposing plans (The American plabn ; Operation Forager ; The Japanese defence plan) -- Opposing commanders (American commanders ; Japanese commanders) -- Opposing forces (U.S. forces ; Joint Expeditionary Force ; Japanese forces ; Southern Marianas Army Group)
- The Guam assault (W-Day ; Expanding the beachhead ; The drive north ; The final push) -- Aftermath -- Orders of battle ; The battlefield today.
- ISBN
- 1841768111
- OCLC
- 56351819
- SCSB-12658917
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library