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Coast Watching in World War II : Operations Against the Japanese in the Solomon Islands, 1941-43 by A. B. Feuer (2006, Perfect)

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PublisherStackpole Books

ISBN-100811733297

ISBN-139780811733298

eBay Product ID (ePID)52323025

Product Key Features

Book TitleCoast Watching in World War II : Operations Against the Japanese in the Solomon Islands, 1941-43

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

TopicMilitary / World War II, Aviation / General

IllustratorYes

GenreTransportation, History

AuthorA. B. Feuer

Book SeriesStackpole Military History Ser.

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight0.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2006-004624

Number of Volumes1 vol.

SynopsisVivid firsthand accounts of a secret organization whose existence was denied during the war Maps pinpoint coast-watching locations From their perches on islands such as Buka and Bougainville, coast watchers--for the most part, Australian civilians--monitored Japanese shipping and aircraft activity. They played a pivotal role during the battle for Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, when their intelligence facilitated the interception and destruction of twelve Japanese transports. These reports from the participants themselves provide a fascinating account that will intrigue historians as well as World War II and espionage buffs., Vivid firsthand accounts of a secret organization whose existence was denied during the war. Maps pinpoint coast-watching locations., From their perches on islands such as Buka and Bougainville, coast watchers--for the most part, Australian civilians--monitored Japanese shipping and aircraft activity. They played a pivotal role during the battle for Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, when their intelligence facilitated the interception and destruction of twelve Japanese transports. These reports from the participants themselves provide a fascinating account that will intrigue historians as well as World War II and espionage buffs.

LC Classification NumberD767.98.C56 2006