Guadalcanal 1942: The Marines Strike Back

By Joseph N. Mueller

Book Overview

Osprey's examination of the first American amphibious assault of World War II (1939-1945). On what was a virtually unheard of Pacific island, the United States shattered the myth of Japanese invincibility, as the US Marines and Army halted the apparently irresistible Japanese advance in its tracks. Over 30,000 American and Japanese casualties were suffered in five months of bitter fighting. From the ranks of the units that contested this campaign a seasoned fighting force of US veterans was created that would, island by island, sweep the Japanese back across the Pacific.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1855322536
• ISBN13: 9781855322530
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Guadalcanal 1942

A well written book on Guadalcanal. The author captured the turning point of events in this first Pacific amphibious assault campaign that changed the momentum of the outcome of the war in the allies favor as it related to the future WW II Pacific island campaigns to follow.

A detailed account of the Guadalcanal campaign

Recommended. It goes into detail about the campaign between the 1st Marine Division and the Japanese Army and you get a very good feel for the campaign and its high points as well as references to how the strategic events of the Pacific Theater effected its outcome. There are plenty of maps in a simplistic and clear style and also plenty of photographs. Easily among the better Osprey books. Note that this is one of Ospreys old titles and it uses a different setup and includes things like wargaming (not very useful even if you as I do play wargames). On the upside these have been some of the best books Osprey has published.