LINE OF DEPARTURE TARAWA - USMC in WORLD WAR II - By Martin Russ - BCE - HC/DJ

Description: LINE OF DEPARTURE: TARAWABY MARTIN RUSSVery Good+ Book Club Edition - Hardcover & Dustjacket Tarawa Atoll is a tiny dot in the Gilbert Islands of the South Pacific. In November 1943 over 6,000 men died on its 291-acre plain of confined, exposed, featureless coral sand and airstrip concrete in the most memorable battle in Marine Corps history.After the American invasion of the Solomons, Japan woke up to the vulnerability of the Gilberts. It decided to make a stand on Betio Island in the Tarawa Atoll and heavily fortified it, garrisoning nearly 5,000 men there. The Japanese commandant boasted, “A million men cannot take Tarawa in a hundred years.” But 5,600 Marines took it in three days, and only 17 Japanese survived.The invasion of Tarawa was the first major American thrust into the heart of the Japanese Empire. The appalling savagery of the battle shocked and angered many Americans, some of whom called for a congressional investigation. But, as the awful totals of the dead and wounded grew from battle to battle, Tarawa was nearly forgotten.Now, in this lucid well-written book, the ordeal that was Tarawa is remembered by those who had to endure it, Japanese and American. * * * * *

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ISBN 13: 9780385096690

Book Title: LINE OF DEPARTURE: TARAWA

ISBN 10: 0385096690

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.75 x .75 inches

Publisher: Doubleday

Original Language: English

Edition: Book Club Edition

Subject: USMC PACIFIC WAR US Marine Corps TARAWA WWII World War II

Publication Year: 1975

Format: Hardcover & Dustjacket

Language: English

Era: 1940s

Illustrator: Rafael Palacios (Maps)

Author: Martin Russ

Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Maps, B/W Photos, Dustjacket is protected by a clear plastic book-cover.

Genre: History, Military, War & Combat, World War II, WW II History

Topic: World War II, USMC IN WWII, US MARINE CORPS, Battle for Tarawa, Operation Galvanic

Number of Pages: 206 (includes index)