Target: Rabaul: The Allied Siege of Japan's Most Infamous Stronghold, March 1943 - August 1945 - Hardcover

Gamble, Bruce

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0760344078 ISBN 13: 9780760344071

Publisher: Zenith Press, 2013

Synopsis

As the final book in Bruce Gamble's esteemed trilogy on the War in the Pacific, Target: Rabaul picks up where Fortress Rabaul, the second installment, leaves off--and sets the stage for the major Allied aerial engagements of 1943-1945, which would result in the defeat of Japan.

March 1943, Washington, D.C.: Major General George Kenney, commander of the 5th Air Force, begins to formulate plans for Cartwheel--a 2-year campaign to neutralize Rabaul, Japan's most notorious stronghold, with the use of unescorted daylight bombing raids against the base and the heavily-defended satellite installations nearby. The undertaking would prove to be anything but straightforward, and the story of Rabaul's destruction remains one of the most gripping of World War II's Pacific Theater. In Target: Rabaul, award-winning military historian Bruce Gamble expertly narrates the Allied air raids against the stronghold: the premature celebrations by George Kenney and Gen. Douglas MacArthur; the bequeathing of authority to Adm. William F. "Bull" Halsey; the unprecedented number of near-constant air battles that immediately followed; the Japanese retreat to Truk Lagoon in 1944; and their ultimate surrender to Allied forces in August 1945. This amazing story, one that profiles the bravery and resolve of the Allies in the horrific Pacific battleground, is the turbulent conclusion to an acclaimed trilogy from one of today's most talented nonfiction military authors.

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About the Author

Bruce Gamble (Lynn Haven, FL) is a retired naval flight officer and former historian with the Naval Aviation Museum foundation. He is the author of four previous books about the Pacific war: The Black Sheep, a complete combat history of Marine Fighting Squadron 214; Black Sheep One, a definitive biography of Greg €œPappy€� Boyington; Darkest Hour: The True Story of Lark Force at Rabaul, on the Japanese invasion of New Britain; and Fortress Rabaul, about the buildup of the infamous Japanese stronghold.

Edition details

• Publisher: Zenith Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0760344078
• ISBN 13: 9780760344071
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400