Hell in the Pacific: The Battle for Iwo Jima

Derrick Wright,Gordon L Rottman

ISBN 10: 1846033357 / ISBN 13: 9781846033353

Published by Osprey Publishing (UK) May 2008, 2008

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First edition by number code. Dust jacket has shelf wear.

Seller Inventory # 281969

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hell in the Pacific: The Battle for Iwo Jima
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) May 2008
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1846033357
• ISBN 13: 9781846033353
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Collectible - Acceptable
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military

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Synopsis

The battle of Iwo Jima saw one hundred thousand men fighting over a tiny volcanic island of just 8 square miles. The island was of major strategic importance to the US Air Force. However, it was also of supreme importance to the 20,000 Japanese troops who were deeply entrenched in the island when the Marines invaded, and to whom surrender was not an option. The titanic struggle dragged on for 36 days, eclipsing all that had gone before. The loss of Iwo Jima was proof to the Japanese that the Americans could seize one of the world's most heavily defended islands, and filled them with foreboding about the inevitable invasion of their homeland. This book covers the campaign in detail, and also the experiences of the men who fought for their lives on the black sands of Iwo Jima in one of the most savage battles of the Pacific War. This book contains material previously published in Campaigns 81: Iwo Jima 1945, Warrior 95: Japanese Infantryman 1937-45 and WAR 112: US Marine Rifleman 1939-45: Pacific Theater

About the Author

Derrick Wright's interest in WWII was sparked by his childhood in the Teeside area of the UK which was subjected to many bombing raids. After national Service with the Army, he became an engineer specialising in Ultrasonics. Retired, he lives with his wife on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors. Gordon L Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He served in the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969-70 and subsequently in airborne infantry, long-range patrol and intelligence assignments until retiring after 26 years. He was a special operations forces scenario writer at the Joint Readiness Training Center for 12 years and is now a freelance writer, living in Texas.