Tarawa 1943: The Turning Of The Tide

This title examines the 76-hour battle to take Tarawa by the Americans in 1943. It recounts how a garrison of 3700 Japanese soldiers withstood the onslaught of some 3000 US marines in a pioneering amphibious invasion.

• | By (Author): Derrick Wright
• | Series: Osprey Military Campaign S.
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• | Publication Date: Oct 25, 2000
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 96 pages
• | Language: Not available
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 1841761028
• | ISBN-13: 9781841761022