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The naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942 : clash for supremacy in the Pacific / Mark Stille, illustrated by Howard Gerrard.
- Title
- The naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942 : clash for supremacy in the Pacific / Mark Stille, illustrated by Howard Gerrard.
- Author
- Stille, Mark
- Publication
- Great Britain : Osprey Pub. Co., 2013.
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- Additional Authors
- Gerrard, Howard
- Description
- 96 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counter offensive against the Japanese in the Pacific. The battle of Savo Island on the night of 9 August 1942, saw the Japanese inflict a severe defeat .
- Series Statement
- Campaign ; 255
- Uniform Title
- Campaign (Osprey Publishing) 255.
- Subjects
- 1939-1945
- Battle of Guadalcanal > (Solomon Islands : > 1942-1943)
- World War > (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, Japanese
- World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area > History
- World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Solomon Islands > Guadalcanal
- Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 94) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Opposing commanders -- Japanese commanders -- US commanders -- Opposing fleets -- Japanese Navy -- United States Navy -- Opposing plans -- Japanese plans -- United States plans -- Naval campaign for Guadalcanal -- Battle of Savo Island -- August and September interlude -- Battle of Cape Esperance -- First Naval Battle of Guadalcanal -- Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal -- Battle of Tassafaronga.
- ISBN
- 9781780961545
- 1780961545
- OCLC
- 809029620
- SCSB-13211905
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library