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Guadalcanal [EPUB ebook]
The American Campaign against Japan in WWII

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On August 7, 1942, U.S. Marines landed on the island of Guadalcanal, northeast of Australia, launching the first major Allied offensive against Japan. In one of the best-known campaigns of World War II’s Pacific Theater, the Marines and then the U.S. Army endured a bitter six-month struggle for the island.

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Sprache Englisch ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780811764957 ● Verlag Stackpole Books ● Erscheinungsjahr 2016 ● herunterladbar 3 mal ● Währung EUR ● ID 5500658 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM

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