Blossoming Silk Against the Rising Sun - U.s. & Japanese Paratroopers At War in the Pacific in World War II

Informationen zum Autor Gene Eric Salecker lives near Chicago, Illinois. Klappentext From the attack on Pearl Harbor through Japans surrender, the Americans and Japanese conducted a total of twelve combat parachute drops in the Pacific theater of World War II. Filling a glaring gap in the historical record of the war, Gene Eric Salecker recounts all twelve drops, highlighting the courage of paratroopers on both sides. Zusammenfassung From the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, through Japan’s surrender in September 1945, the Americans and Japanese conducted a total of twelve combat parachute drops in the Pacific theatre of World War II, seven by the U.S. and five by Japan.

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• Autori: Gene Eric Salecker
• Editore: Stackpole Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 25.09.2010
• EAN: 9780811706575
• ISBN: 978-0-8117-0657-5
• Pagine: 377
• Dimensioni: 153 mm x 230 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Stackpole Military History; Stackpole Military History Series; Stackpole Military History
• Categoria: Saggistica > Storia > Altro