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James F. Christ - Mission Raise Hell: The U.S. Marines on Choiseul, October-November 1943 - 9781591141136 - V9781591141136
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Mission Raise Hell: The U.S. Marines on Choiseul, October-November 1943

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Description for Mission Raise Hell: The U.S. Marines on Choiseul, October-November 1943 Hardcover. Num Pages: 257 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MKLS; HBJD; HBWQ; JWF; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 513.
With Guadalcanal firmly in American control by October 1943, the Allies decided to invade Bougainville, another island in the Soloman chain, to tighten their stranglehold on the Japanese in the area. To divert the enemy’s attention, a raid was ordered on the nearby island of Choiseul. Success relied on making the Japanese think that a Marine division had landed on Choiseul so that they would rush reinforcements there, while a much larger American Marine force would land on Bougainville. However, Allied resources were scarce, so the Choiseul raid fell to the 2nd Marine Parachute Battalion. An aggressive unit ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591141136
SKU
V9781591141136
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2

About James F. Christ
James F. Christ is the author of Mission Raise Hell, also published by the Naval Institute Press. He lives in Phoenix, AZ.

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