Bibliograph

One square mile of hell, the battle for Tarawa, John Wukovits

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One square mile of hell, the battle for Tarawa, John Wukovits

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-311) and index

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contains biographical information

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

One square mile of hell

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

63125812

Responsibility statement

John Wukovits

Sub title

the battle for Tarawa

Summary

In November 1943, the men of the 2nd Marine Division were instructed to clear out any token Japanese resistance on the Pacific island of Betio and return to their waiting ships. But when the Marines landed, the surviving Japanese poured out of their protective subterranean bunkers and began one of the most brutal and bloody battles of World War II. For three straight days, attackers and defenders fought over every square inch of sand in a battle with no defined front lines, and where there was no possibility of retreat---because there was nowhere to retreat to. It was a clash that would leave both side stunned and exhausted, and prove both the fighting mettle of the Americans and the fanatical devotion of the Japanese

Table Of Contents

"Where's Pearl Harbor?" -- "Tokyo, we are coming" -- "Have you made out your will?" -- "A million men cannot take Tarawa" -- "Commence firing-the war is on" -- "We have nothing left to land" -- "I was unprepared for this" -- "A fight in a ring between two boxers" -- "Nothing was left-no trees, no buildings" -- "A requiem fitting for heroes so proud" -- "You say it's not on the map, my son?"

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