[PDF] The Liberation Of Guam eBook

Author : Cyril J. O'Brien
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,86 MB
Release : 1996-11
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ISBN : 0788135376

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An exploration of rare and priceless manuscripts from museums around the world, this survey features nearly 200 photographic facsimiles that depict ancestors of the modern book. Contributions from numerous people and cultures include ancient sources of Greece and Rome, central and southern Asia, Africa, pre-Columbian America, the Far East, and Europe.

Author : Daniel Wrinn
Publisher : Storyteller Books, LLC
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,46 MB
Release : 2021-04-05
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"A gripping insight about the liberation of Guam." - Reviewer Guam's Japanese garrison fought practically to the last man. By invading Guam, US forces were not only getting access to a fine harbor and a number of airfields to use in future operations but were also liberating a US territory captured by the Japanese in 1941. The attack on Guam was intended to begin only days after the landings on Saipan but was postponed for a month. US forces used the delay to make the preliminary bombardment and air attacks extremely thorough and to ensure that offshore obstacles to landing craft were cleared efficiently. The landing force included both Marine and Army units from General Geiger's III Amphibious Corps, in all 55,000 strong. General Takashina commanded 18,000 defenders, who had built a typically elaborate network of bunkers, artillery emplacements, and other fortifications. This narrative recounts the story of the liberation of Guam in vivid, gritty detail. Explore the fascinating feats of strategy, planning, and bravery, handing the Allies what would eventually become a victory over the Pacific Theater and an end to Imperialist Japanese expansion.

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 35,80 MB
Release : 2013-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1472800117

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The island of Guam was the first Allied territory lost to the Japanese onslaught in 1941. On 10 December 5,000 Japanese troops landed on Guam, defended by less than 500 US and Guamanian troops, the outcome was beyond doubt. On 21 July 1944 America returned. In a risky operation, the two US landing forces came ashore seven miles apart and it was a week before the beachheads linked up. Only the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa would cost the Americans more men than the landings on Guam and Saipan, which immediately preceded the Guam operation. In this book Gordon Rottman details the bitter 26-day struggle for this key Pacific island.

Author : Cyril O'Brien
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 23,86 MB
Release : 2013-06-13
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ISBN : 9781490436319

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This is book is about the Liberation of Guam, in particular, Marines involved in the Recapture of Guam.