The Gilbert Islands in World War Two / Peter McQuarrie.

By:

McQuarrie, Peter [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0971412782
9780971412781

Other title:

Gilbert Islands in World War 2
Gilbert Islands in WWII

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DDC classification:

940.540099681 23

Summary: World War Two history remembers the Gilbert Islands for the Battle of Tarawa, the US Marines' first bold amphibious assault against a Japanese stronghold in the Pacific Islands. But there is much more to the WWII story of the Gilbert Islands than a single battle. In addition to the Battle of Tarawa, this book also tells of the periods of Japanese and American occupations, of coast-watching and German raiders. This history of a time and place is also a story of the people involved. In addition to the Americans and Japanese it is also the story of Gilbert and Ellice Islanders, New Zealanders, British, Chinese, German-Marshallese and "Kai Viti" people (British Fiji citizens), who by one means or another became caught up in the war in the Gilbert Islands.--Cover.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-263) and index.

World War Two history remembers the Gilbert Islands for the Battle of Tarawa, the US Marines' first bold amphibious assault against a Japanese stronghold in the Pacific Islands. But there is much more to the WWII story of the Gilbert Islands than a single battle. In addition to the Battle of Tarawa, this book also tells of the periods of Japanese and American occupations, of coast-watching and German raiders. This history of a time and place is also a story of the people involved. In addition to the Americans and Japanese it is also the story of Gilbert and Ellice Islanders, New Zealanders, British, Chinese, German-Marshallese and "Kai Viti" people (British Fiji citizens), who by one means or another became caught up in the war in the Gilbert Islands.--Cover.

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