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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Crowl, Philip A. (Philip Axtell), 1914-1991. Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls. Washington, Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army, 1955 (OCoLC)569084231 |
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| Material Type: | Government publication, National government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Philip A Crowl; Edmund G Love |
| OCLC Number: | 1580450 |
| Description: | xvi, 414 p. : ill., maps (part fold. col. (1 in pocket)), port., charts ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | The decision to strike through the Central Pacific -- Selection of targets and tactical planning -- Preparing for the attack -- The enemy -- The landings on Makin -- Reduction of the West Tank Barrier -- Consolidating the beachhead -- Makin Taken -- The capture of Tarawa -- Strategic and tactical significance of the Gilberts Operations -- Tactical planning for the Marshalls -- Training, logistics, and preliminary operations -- Japanese defenses in the Marshalls -- The invasion of Southern Kwajalein -- Reduction of the main defenses of Kwajalein Island -- Kwajalein Island: the third day -- End of the battle for Southern Kwajalein -- The capture of Majuro and Roi-Namur -- The seizure of Eniwetok Atoll -- Consolidating the victory -- Tactical and strategic consequences of the Marshalls operation. |
| Series Title: | United States Army in World War II., War in the Pacific. |
| Responsibility: | by Philip A. Crowl and Edmund G. Love. |
Abstract:
A study in amphibious warfare that describes how the imperfections of American amphibious doctrine, first revealed at Tarawa and Makin, were corrected in the highly successful landings on Kwajalein and Roi-Namur.
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