Storm Landings: Epic Amphibious Battles in the Central Pacific

The Pacific War changed abruptly in November 1943 when Admiral Chester Nimitz unleashed a relentless 18-month, 4,000-mile offensive across the Central Pacific, spearheaded by fast carrier task forces and U.S. Marine and Army assault troops. The sudden American proclivity for amphibious frontal assaults against fortified islands astonished Japanese commanders, who called them "storm landings" because they differed so sharply from the limited landings of 1942-43.

Author: Col Joseph H. Alexander
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Published: 09/15/2012
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781591140177
ISBN10: 159114017X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War II | General
- History | Military | United States
- History | Asia | Japan