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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. xvii, 414 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. ; OCLC 1321920564 ; World War II, 50th anniversary commemorative edition"--Cover ; Originally published in 1955 ; illustrated boards ; no dustjacket ; Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls deals with amphibious warfare as waged by American forces against the Japanese-held atolls of the Central Pacific during World War II. The word amphibious, as here used, includes the landing and supply of troops in combat as well as the air and naval support of the operations. The atoll operations described in this volume were amphibious from beginning to end. They were not simple seaborne hit-and-run raids of the Dieppe type. The objective was to secure the atolls as steppingstones to the next advance. The islands were relatively small, permitting continual naval and air support of the ground operations. Some outstanding examples of the co-ordination of fire support by artillery, naval gunfire, and air are found in this book. The advantages of simple plans and the disadvantages of the more complicated will stand out for the careful reader. The story of the capture of these atolls of Micronesia offers some of the best examples of combined operations that are available in the annals of modern war. Ground, sea, and air components were always present, and the effectiveness with which they were combined and co-ordinated accounts in large measure for the rapid success enjoyed in these instances by American arms. Units of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps were active participants in the operations and the role they played is treated in this volume as fully as is considered appropriate in a series devoted to the history of the U.S. Army in World War II. From the point of view of strategy, the significance of this volume lies in the fact that it tells the story of the beginnings of the drive across the Central Pacific toward the Japanese homeland. This concept of defeating Japan by pushing directly westward from Hawaii through the island bases of the mid-Pacific was traditional in American strategic thinking, but had never been put to test and was seriously challenged in some quarters. As is shown here, the test was first made in the campaigns against the Gilberts and Marshalls, the outcome was successful, and the experience gained was of inestimable value in planning for the subsequent conduct of the war in the Pacific. Orlando Ward Washington, D. C. Maj. Gen., U. S. A. 9 January 1953 Chief of Military History ; Philip A. Crowl, who has an M.A. from the State University of Iowa and a Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University, taught History at the Johns Hopkins University and at Princeton. ; Edmund G. Love was an American author. He was the author of 20 books including Hanging On, A Small Bequest, and Subways Are for Sleeping, which was the basis for the Broadway musical of the same name. ; Contents: Contents I. THE DECISION TO STRIKE THROUGH THE CENTRAL Page PACIFIC Prewar Plans . Pacific Organization and Early Strategy The Casablanca Conference MacArthur's Strategic Plans 3 3 4 7 10 The Washington Conference and the Strategic Plan for the Defeat of Japan II. SELECTION OF TARGETS AND TACTICAL PLANNING Selection of the Targets Planning for Galvanic . Intelligence on the Gilberts . Organization and Command of the American Forces III. PREPARING FOR THE ATTACK. 12 18 18 25 27 34 44 Training 44 Logistics 47 Preliminary Air and Naval Action 52 Movement Overseas 56 IV. THE ENEMY . 60 Red Beaches Japanese Invasion of the Gilberts Carlson's Raid and Its Aftermath American Attacks and Japanese Responses Japanese Defenses on the Eve of the Attack V. THE LANDINGS ON MAKIN Establishing the Beachhead Yellow Beach . VI. REDUCTION OF THE WEST TANK BARRIER Advance of the 2d Battalion to the Barrier. 60 61 67 70 75 75 79 82 89 89 . Advance of the 1st Battalion 94 Holding Action on the East First Day: The Summing Up 97 100 VII. CONSOLIDATING THE BEACHHEAD 102 . . Build-up of the Assault. 102 First Night on Butaritari ; FINE. Book.

Reprint. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 414 pages : illustrations, maps, portrait, charts ; 26 cm + 8 maps. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Marshall Islands. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Gilbert Islands. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Kiribati. 1 Kg.

Hardback Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xix, 505 p : ill., maps (some col.) ; 26 cm. Subjects; World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Mariana Islands. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Newfoundland and Labrador Ladrone Islands. United States. Army History World War, 1939-1945. United States Army. 1 Kg.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 430. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1955 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 2 P6(1955) Language: English Pages: 430 Volume 2 P6(1955).

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 528. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1960 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 2:p9 Language: English Pages: 528 Volume 2:p9.