Bougainville 1943-1945: The Forgotten Campaign (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813190471)

The 1943 invasion of Bougainville, largest and northernmost of the Solomon Islands, and the naval battles during the campaign for the island, contributed heavily to the defeat of the Japanese in the Pacific War. Here Harry Gailey presents the definitive account of the long and bitter fighting that took place on that now all-but-forgotten island. A maze of swamps, rivers, and rugged hills overgrown with jungle, Bougainville afforded the Allies a strategic site for airbases from which to attack th

Author: Harry a. Gailey
ISBN-10: 0813190479
ISBN-13: 9780813190471
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 02/14/2003
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.32h x 6.12w x 0.64d