Cartwheel: The Reduction of Rabaul

by John Miller Jr.

Book Overview

The campaign described in the present volume was important to the Army as an experience in amphibious warfare and combined operations against a formidable and still resourceful enemy. It was also of critical importance in the evolution of American strategy in the Pacific. CARTWHEEL began as an uphill fight with means that seemed inadequate to the ends proposed, even though these were limited. But it swiftly brought our forces to a crest from which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1515027872
• ISBN13: 9781515027874
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"