An edition of Carlson's Raid (2001)

Carlson's Raid

Har/Cdr edition

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An edition of Carlson's Raid (2001)

Carlson's Raid

Har/Cdr edition

"By the summer of 1942, American morale was extremely low. Despite the navy's victory at Midway, the Japanese continued their advance in the Southwest Pacific. To provide a diversion to the invasion of Guadalcanal by the 1st Marine Division, Evans Carlson's 2d Marine Raider Battalion executed one of the most daring attacks of the war.".

"Departing Pearl Harbor on 8 August 1942, 219 men of "Carlson's Raiders," including the president's son, Maj. Jimmy Roosevelt, traveled 2,000 miles to the Gilbert Islands in the submarines Nautilus and Argonaut. Landing on Makin Atoll on 17 August, the Marine Raiders captured the atoll in two days of heavy fighting. Before leaving, they destroyed a radio station, burned Japanese equipment, and captured a trove of documents that proved to have significant intelligence value.".

"At the time, the Makin Raid was hailed as a great victory and the Marine Raiders were lionized by the American press and public hungry for any sign of victory against the Axis. The raid's long-term consequences were less than fortunate, however. Stirred up by the attack, aggressive Japanese patrols were able to flush out New Zealand coast-watchers who had been providing valuable intelligence.

More significantly - alerted to the strategic importance and vulnerability of the Gilberts - the Japanese began to reinforce and fortify the Islands. At the end of November 1943 when the United States returned to the Gilberts in the form of the 2d Marine Division, the result was seventy-six bloody hours at Tarawa, which came close to ending in U.S. defeat."--BOOK JACKET.

Publish Date
Publisher
Presidio Press
Language
English
Pages
320

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Carlson's Raid
May 8, 2001, Presidio Press
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Classifications

Library of Congress
D767.917 .S65 2001

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
320
Dimensions
9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches
Weight
1.2 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8228300M
Internet Archive
carlsonsraiddari0000smit
ISBN 10
0891417443
ISBN 13
9780891417446
LCCN
2001016393
OCLC/WorldCat
45756131
Library Thing
1302180
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Goodreads
3071755

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