The Allied Neutralisation of Rabaul: Japan's Major South Pacific Base

by Jon Diamond

Fierce Pacific ground, sea, and aerial combat raged between the Allies and Imperial Japan to halt the latter's inexorable advance in 1942-1943. After the American victory at Guadalcanal in February 1943, Admiral Halsey's South Pacific Area (SPA) naval and amphibious forces battled through the Solomon Islands building new and acquiring extant Japanese airfields. Simultaneously General Douglas MacArthur's Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) Australian-American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1036102033
• ISBN13: 9781036102036
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 192 Pages